TY - BOOK AU - Sedaris,David TI - Calypso SN - 9780316392389 AV - PS3569.E314 A6 2018 U1 - 814/.54 23 PY - 2018/// CY - New York, NY PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - Sedaris, David KW - Sedaris, David. KW - Aging KW - Anecdotes KW - Mortality KW - Psychological aspects KW - Humor KW - American wit and humor KW - HUMOR / Form / Essays KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Essays KW - lcgft N1 - "May 2018"--Title page verso; Company man --; Now we are five --; Little guy --; Stepping out --; A house divided --; The perfect fit --; Leviathan --; Your English is so good --; Calypso --; A modest proposal --; The silent treatment --; Untamed --; The one(s) who got away --; Sorry --; Boo-hooey --; A number of the reasons I've been depressed lately --; Why aren't you laughing? --; I'm still standing --; The spirit world --; And while you're up there, check on my prostate --; The Comey memo N2 - When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, David Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. Sedaris sets his powers of observation toward middle age and mortality, that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future ER -