Wow. Possibly David Sedaris's best. Needless to say he's funny. So, so funny. But he also covers the covid-19 pandemic, the death of his father, and the uncomfortable truths that re-surface in the wake of his death. This book is especially contemplative and deep, yet Sedaris holds on to his signature wit and humor. He may be my favorite human, and this book is a gift.

Oh David... This one really reminded me of Dress Your Children in Corduroy and Denim. It was on a much deeper level. He's never really taken this deep a dive on his father. Ah family...

A new collection of essays that is eagerly awaited by this author's many fans and will definitely be well-received. David Sedaris is hilariously, laugh-out-loud funny, but his real strength, and his real connection to readers is in the way he is not afraid to explore some painful and even ugly situations and emotions. He does that so well here, especially when he talks about his late father. I look forward to recommending this wonderful title.

When I finished David Sedaris’ latest volume of diary entries (A Carnival of Snackery), my biggest complaint was that it felt, overall, mean in spirit and in tone. And while the humour in Sedaris’ latest essay collection, Happy-Go-Lucky, can also cross the line from arch to snide, there’s something polished and refined in each essay — a narrative arc, space for comedic recalls, a thematic thread — that made it feel like there was a point to reading each, and I was entertained throughout. Further, as these essays were written during the last few years of his father’s life, Sedaris writes often here about their uncomfortable relationship, and where the author seems to have come to a place of peace about that relationship, I was touched. Proving himself, once again, to be a humorously caustic observer of modern life — while revealing the human face behind the clown paint —Sedaris serves up everything here that I came hoping for.

The latest from Mr. Sedaris is Happy Go-Lucky and it’s one of his best. With the passing of his father, he takes the reader deep into the pain of that relationship well past humor. Be prepared for some heaviness here but if you have read his most recent books, he has been exploring this material more. Plenty of laugh out loud bits as you come to expect, and some great material covering the pandemic. Overall just such a meaningful new work from the best there is!