I didn't enjoy this one nearly as much as I enjoyed Me Talk Pretty One Day. I reeeeeally disliked the first few pieces - I thought they were clunky, didn't flow at all and seemed like lots of tiny subjects smushed clumsily into a short essay. I was also really put off my the inclusion of fictional stories in here. I think with David Sedaris, a large part of my enjoyment comes from knowing that it's (largely) real, with some obvious embellishments. But when I know that a significant number of the stories are entirely fictional, it set me on edge with the start of every story - I started each one suspicious that this would be fictional, rather than letting the new topic take me away. I don't know, maybe I'm taking this series of short essays and stories more seriously than I should. Funny, but not as funny or real as Me Talk Pretty One Day, I don't know if I'll be reading all more Sedaris after this.