To The Last Page

Comedy is a very subjective thing. I’ve never read David Sedaris before, but I’m assured by Jonathan Ross that he is “the funniest writer alive today”, the Guardian think he’s “brilliantly clever, inventive and funny”, and the Spectator call him “one of the biggest comedy writers of his generation”. If you don’t trust back-cover blurb endorsements, well the evidence is there that Sedaris has a huge following for his books and his appearances on the literary circuit. Me? Well, I don’t think my quote of “Meh’ will feature on the back of the next book. On the other hand, that was merely my initial reaction to Calypso , perhaps expecting a little too much from all these high claims about David Sedaris as a comedy genius. By the time I’d finished the book, finding myself drawn in and getting through the book surprisingly quickly, I had warmed to his style a little more. Still not a ringing endorsement, I know, so maybe it’s worth looking a little more closely and seeing if we can come up wi...