The Land and its People by David Sedaris 

David Sedaris’s First New Essay Collection Since Happy-Go-Lucky — Sharp, Funny, and Unforgettably Human

In The Land and Its People, David Sedaris returns with a brilliant new collection of essays that explores what it means to be a traveler, a brother, a lifelong friend, and a caretaker in a world that never stops surprising us.

From trying (and often failing) to care for his partner Hugh after hip-replacement surgery, to walking dozens of miles with his friend Dawn and daring her to eat a truck tire, Sedaris turns the ordinary — and the absurd — into something extraordinary. He buys his sister a cape, argues with a jaded Duolingo bot about his family, rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo.

With his signature mix of acerbic wit and unexpected tenderness, Sedaris observes the fascinating (and often ridiculous) human species and the lands we inhabit. Whether he’s being bitten by a dog, having a train passenger vomit in his face, or navigating the strange etiquette of foreign countries, these essays remind us how hard — and how funny — it is to be alive.