I have been a fan of David Sedaris for several years now and have turned him on to many of my friends and family. Imagine my excitement when I read that he would be doing a reading of his newest book at a local bookstore in my town. I pre-ordered the book right away. I only read a few of the stories before the reading because I thought it might be more fun to hear them read by David Sedaris then reading them myself. I was 100% correct. While he only read a couple of the chapters, he made them much more funny than just reading from the book. This one is a bit of a detour from his usual autobiographical stories with a twist. The humor and voice is there, but some were just too far out of character or simply mean to enjoy. We expect to hear nasty stories about people, but they are so much more mean when being acted out by animals. Not one of my favorites, but a treasured book all the same (especially since this one is signed by the author himself!)