I love David Sedaris, and this is one of his best books. The autobiographical essays in this collection span his childhood — taking in his weird neighbours, rich old relatives and childhood bullies — to the modern day, including how to get rid of mice in your French farmhouse (badly). As you might expect from this writer, there’s some very unusual characters featured but most entertaining are David and his hilariously offbeat family, including his chain-smoking mother, perma-swearing brother, and his sister Tiffany, who likes to call people up while she’s on the toilet… If you like a book to make you laugh and reassure you about your own eccentricities, this is the read for you.
