{"id":33242,"date":"2018-09-19T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=33242"},"modified":"2018-09-17T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T19:08:34","slug":"calypso-by-david-sedaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/calypso-by-david-sedaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Calypso\u00a0by David Sedaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1269969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Mpyi1NzNL._SX327_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_.jpg?w=1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for calypso by david sedaris amazon\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Now, while I don&#8217;t normally listen to books on CD or audio, I truly enjoyed listening to <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1269969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calypso<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by David Sedaris, read by the author himself. And I must say that it was a lovely, riveting, and a hilarious ride&#8230;.ride I say&#8230;.. in that I only listened to the book on CD while I was riding around town or making my entire family listen to it when we took a short road trip over the Labor Day holiday weekend&#8230;.and believe it or not, they actually listened, although they did let me know at times that the language was not appropriate for teenage ears&#8230;.but <em>whatever<\/em> is all I have to say about that! As the video games I have seen them play are way worse than anything that could have ever been written in this novel. Sedaris&#8217; prose is almost autobiographical writing mixed with what seems to be comedy bits that could have been written by his comedic actor sister Amy Sedaris.\u00a0 <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1269969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calypso<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>will keep the reader and\/or listener engaged, entertained and especially amused in the comical sense and laughing in a very familial\u00a0relatable scenes with parents, adolescence, and aging. Check out\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1269969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calypso\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong>David Sedaris&#8217; latest book and you won&#8217;t be disappointed&#8230;.instead it will leave you crying with laughter&#8230;at times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Now, while I don&#8217;t normally listen to books on CD or audio, I truly enjoyed listening to Calypso\u00a0by David Sedaris, read by the author himself. 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