David Sedaris Is Not as Funny

The good news about Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls, the latest from David Sedaris, is that it’s not a collection of modern comic fables about talking animals. (Readers of Sedaris’ previous book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, might be forgiven for taking the new book’s title as something between a taunt and a warning label.) Instead, it’s a mopping-up of all the New Yorker casuals and other magazine and newspaper essays that Sedaris has published in the last few years. The not-so-good news is that it’s the sixth time Sedaris has done this since 1994’s Barrel Fever.

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