Sedaris’ personal and poignant essays, in the new book 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' bring laughter and tears
Best-selling author and award-winning humorist David Sedaris can still get his readers to giggle in his new book, “Happy-Go-Lucky,” even when writing personal, poignant truths.
His family, which includes his actress-author sibling Amy Sedaris, is fodder for his satirical musings, and he raises social consciousness with biting observations. This new collection of autobiographical essays parallel living through the pandemic with experiencing the death of his father, who treated him with disdain for most of his life.When quarantined with his partner Hugh at his home in New York, Sedaris wonders at the twenty-something White girls chanting “Black Lives Matter!” in the street between text messages and selfies.
Sedaris has penned a dozen previous books, contributes regularly to “The New Yorker” and his “Santaland Diaries,” which first aired on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” in 1992, remains an annual tradition.“Happy-Go-Lucky” documents your father’s death. What do you think happens after you die?I don’t think I believe in an afterlife. I think when you die, it’s like unplugging the TV.
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