Spreading the cheer and the mortification of the season, this expanded collection offers six more stories - including one never before published. The dependably funny Sedaris skewers our absurd conventions, so we'll never see them the same way. Includes Us and Them, Jesus Shaves, Let It Snow, Six to Eight Black Men, The Monster Mash, and Cow and Turkey. From one of the funniest writers in America, author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.

"From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experiences. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English...

The best-selling author offers a new collection of satirical and humorous essays that chronicle his own life and ordinary moments that turn beautifully absurd, including how he coped with the pandemic, his thoughts on becoming an orphan in his seventh decade, and the battle-scared America he discovered when he resumed touring.