Mims Cushing lives in Ponte Vedra Beach and has written 3 books.Sedaris’s brilliant knack for observational humor is on full display in this terrific retrospective essay collection (after Calypso). More than just being funny, Sedaris is gifted with a touching and sometimes difficult look at his family, making his writing not only humorous but also poignant and moving. The good news is that he has come up with another book, due out on October, called “Carnival of Snackery.” It’s his diary of overheard comments, snippets and secrets from strangers from 2003 to 2020. I wish I had the space of the entire Sunday Times-Union to regale you with the all the essays Sedaris has included in this book. Have you ever by mistake spat a piece of candy into the lap of the person near you on a plane? It’s this kind of funny business that Sedaris has a ton of fun describing. Cottington countered that he bought one flip-flop for $10,000 that he wouldn’t wear even if did fit him. When the Sedaris family had a photo taken of all the presents they had given over the year with the prices of everything listed, the Cottingtons sent out as their Christmas card a copy of their stock portfolio! When Sedaris bought a pair of sandals for $8,000 that didn’t even fit him, Mr. Examples: When Sedaris built a 7-screen multiplex theatre in his home, the neighbors (the Cottingtons) built a 12-screen theater.
It’s one-upmanship writ large when Sedaris buys or does anything bigger and better. In another chapter, Sedaris talks about his neighbors, the ones who insist on outspending him in everything. Sedaris describes an office temp who feels it is her duty to fatten him up by making him a “hateful concoction of overcooked pasta stuffed with the synthetic downy fluff used to fill plush toys and cheap cushions.” It was trying, but failing, to pass as lasagna. But at the play put on by 6-year-olds at Sacred Heart Elementary, one of the second-grade Wise Men, reciting his line in the play, mangles it and says, “A child is bored.” We’ve all heard the words from the Bible about Jesus and Joseph and Mary in a stable in Bethlehem. Time Out, New York chose him the funniest man alive. The essays in “The Best of Me,” some spring-loaded with a dash of fiction, are taken from Esquire, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ, Town & Country and ”Best American Essays” books. I do not usually laugh out loud when I read hilarious books, but it’s hard not to when you enjoy a David Sedaris book of essays. If you have a tendency to choke when you laugh really hard, better not read this book.
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