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David Sedaris invites readers on a global tour in this new essay collection. He shares amusing observations about French dentistry, the eating habits of Australian kookaburras, Beijing's squat‑style toilets, and the peculiar wilderness of a North Carolina Costco. Sedaris delivers witty commentary on litterers in the English countryside and oddities like a disembodied human arm in a taxidermist's shop, offering side‑splitting insight into the absurdities of travel and social customs.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Travel & Geography/Travel Writing
Authors: David Sedaris
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