To call this humor is a bit of a stretch. its nowhere near as funny as Barrel Fever but still the cynical vein of social commentary that Sedaris is known for is still there. The stories are written like Aesop's fables featuring animals talking and walking. Except that these animals more or less discuss the same issues and have the problems that humans ostensibly have. Only some of the stories are truly profound, and others end kind of suddenly and a little pointlessly, but this is a good light read.