Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris (3.5)
I had heard many good things about David Sedaris’ writing
– particularly how funny and erudite he is. I did enjoy his musings in this
book of essays, even to the point of laughing out loud. This is one of his more
recent collections with many current references. Two of my favorites were ‘#2
to Go’ about traveling in Asia (spitting, strange food, strange toilets) and
‘Health Care Freedoms and Why I Want My Country Back’ about a clueless radical
conservative mother whose gay son toys with her. He convinces her to wear a t-shirt
that says ‘Big Dyke’ by saying ‘dyke’ means someone who holds back the flood of
encroaching socialism. Of course I resonated with the title idea: once you say
you like something, you will receive multiple pieces and copies of said item. I
liked owls as a kid and received many lovely owls. I still like them, but
stopped telling people as I had collected enough owl memorabilia. My only
complaint about this book is that some of the essays seemed to be re-hashing of
his New Yorker pieces, but I don’t have actual evidence of that. I look forward
to reading more of his older books.
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