David believed this to be a handicap that prevented the family from being able to function normally, hence why the Tomkeys were away on Halloween weekend and thought it ok for trick-or-treating to take place on another day: The book opens with a story (‘ Us and Them‘) about the Tomkeys, a family who lived on David’s street growing up and who didn’t believe in TV and therefore did not own one. It’s not the obvious slapstick kind of humour, but more of a ‘this is somewhat inappropriate and probably politically incorrect, but I’m gonna say it, and it doesn’t stop it from being funny’ kind of humour. As odd as it may sound, he writes with a subtle hilariousness, and it’s irresistible. This is a collection of random short stories, scenes from his childhood growing up in a quirkily dysfunctional family and then later, how this family interacts and functions in the present day. It’s a very subtle, arrogant and perhaps even slightly sinister type of humour definitely dark, but funny nonetheless. I finally got round to reading a book by David Sedaris and I think I’m now a bit of a convert. He is funny.
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