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Publishers Weekly wrote, 'Sedaris's tragicomedy is gloomier than usual, but it's as rich and rewarding as ever.' In a rave review, Anita Snow of the Associated Press wrote, 'Writing about his teen years, Sedaris is simultaneously amusing and brutal while unflinchingly exposing the ironies of his family and life in general.' In a mixed review, Houman Barekat of The Guardian criticized Sedaris as coming across as 'glib on racial politics', 'cranky' toward the younger generation, and 'petty' and 'bitter', but admitted 'it is partly because of these flaws that people relate to him.' Barekat concluded, 'On the page he's a somewhat diminished presence: engaging but rarely captivating.' References Happy-Go-Lucky received favorable reviews from critics, with a cumulative 'Positive' rating at the review aggregator website Book Marks based on a sample of 12 reviews. Its sidewalks were cracked, its mailboxes bashed in. Happy-Go-Lucky debuted at number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending June 4, 2022. The America I saw while on tour in the fall of 2021 was weary and battle-scarred. He writes about his life and the lives of his family-including his siblings, his longtime partner Hugh, and the decline of his 98-year-old father, with whom he had a fractured relationship. In Happy-Go-Lucky, Sedaris continues where he left off in Calypso, writing about his transition into late midlife during the final years of the Trump administration and into the COVID-19 pandemic. ^ First published by Amazon Original Stories In Father Time, after the family grandfather clock falls on Sedariss father, Lou, Sedaris and his boyfriend, Hugh, travel to North Carolina to see him.^ a b c d e f g h i First published in The New Yorker.

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