In essay after essay, David Sedaris's sixth collection of drop-dead funny proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life—having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane, or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds—to the most deeply resonant human truths, culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking.

"When it comes to fashioning the sardonic wisecrack, the humiliating circumstance, and the absurdist fantasy, there's nobody better.... This latest collection of 22 essays proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he's also getting better."—Booklist