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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Finally checked out this collection, anthologized and edited by my favorite dark humorist, the incomparable, and always fashionable, David Sedaris. There are some really robust and unique stories here. It‘s fun to read things an author you love, loves. I adore Sedaris and anything he‘s attached to.

I enjoy short story collections generally; however, one curated by an author whose work I admire was a real treat! It‘s almost like getting a mixed tape from a friend, only it‘s literature, so it‘s better. Each story is remarkable in its own way, so if you‘re looking for a nice variety of literary fiction, this collection is worth it. As Sedaris notes in the intro, you‘ll leave this collection thinking about “...them and their damned excellence.”

Once, before leaving on vacation, I copied an entire page from an Alice Munro story and left it in my typewriter, hoping that a burglar might come upon it, and mistake her words for my own. That an intruder would spend his valuable time reading, that he might be impressed by a description of a crooked face, was something that I did not question, as I believed and still do that stories can save you.
—David Sedaris (from the introduction)

The print edition of this collection contains 17 short stories by stellar authors. The #audiobook only has five, and the publisher didn‘t change the description, so that was disappointing. The audio format also doesn‘t separate each story; instead the running notes list Part 1, 2 & 3. All that aside, the five stories are excellent and each is performed with skill by a different narrator, including Sedaris. Akhil Sharma reads his own work.

I‘m waiting to board a flight to Whitehorse, where I will be hanging out on my sister‘s farm for a week. This is one of the audiobooks I‘ve downloaded for my trip. It looks like a promising assortment of stories and authors… if they‘re good enough for Sedaris, they are probably good enough for me. 🎧🛫

I was basically off line yesterday, so here's my #longtitle post. It's a collection of short stories gathered by David Sedaris. Some older, Flannery O'Conner, some newer, Lorrie Moore. Can't go wrong, right? #booktober @RealLifeReading