The Land and its People
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'Very little makes me laugh. I would say the one exception is
anything by David Sedaris' GRAHAM NORTON'Sedaris is the God of the
comic essay... Sedaris' only rule: be funny or perish' LENA
DUNHAMIn The Land and Its People, David Sedaris investigates what
it means to be a traveller, a brother, a lifelong friend.Trying on
the role of carer after his boyfriend Hugh's hip-replacement
surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his
friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. An ambivalent
Duolingo bot becomes his unlikely confidante as he attempts to
describe his family in a foreign language.Ever adding to his list
of 'Countries I Have Been To,' he rides a horse named Tequila in
Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest's cassock in Vatican City, and
goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo. Time takes
its toll: Scrolling through his address book, he counts those he
couldn't bear to outline and realizes how many are already gone. He
is bitten by a dog and insulted by a wee train passenger.A woman on
the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn't.
It's easy to agree with the lady waving a sign that reads, 'Enough
is Enough.' And yet, life holds much to delight in: the massive
testicles of a ram, a trip abroad with his sisters, a really
excellent reptile video, a pair of well-made cotton
underpants.Throughout these essays - at once acerbic and tender,
playful and profound - Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at
when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with
warmth and curiosity our fascinating human species and the lands we
inhabit.'Sedaris is the premier observer of our world and its
weirdness' ADAM KAY'Wonderful' IAN McKELLEN'Unquestionably the king
of comic writing' HADLEY FREEMAN'The funniest writer alive today'
JONATHAN ROSS
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