Calypso

Calypso is a collection of semi-autobiographical essays by David Sedaris, an American author, humorist, comedian and radio contributor.

The book contains personal anecdotes from the author’s life. There’s a lot of humor, emotion and weirdness about these incidents. At times, I felt the stories were shallow and had nothing new to offer the readers.

Happiness is harder to put into words. It’s also harder to source, much more mysterious than anger or sorrow, which come to me promptly, whenever I summon them and remain long after I’ve begged them to leave.

Is it my fault that the good times fade to nothing while the bad ones burn forever bright? Memory aside, the negative just makes for a better story: the plane was delayed, an infection set in, outlaws arrived and reduced the schoolhouse to ashes. Happiness is harder to put into words. It’s also harder to source, much more mysterious than anger or sorrow, which come to me promptly, whenever I summon them, and remain long after I’ve begged them to leave