![]() Sedaris squirms to avoid 's', speaking with a mouthful of alphabet soup minus one letter. ![]() 'Go Carolina' sees the youthful Sedaris coached by Agent Samson, a speech therapist, to overcome his lisp. Like the bored child he says he was when growing up, Sedaris tweaks tales incorrigibly, such as when detailing his father's predilection for hoarding food until it's rotten, or when, with preening self-parody, he mocks an earlier incarnation as a performance artist.ĭivided into 'One' and 'Deux' (which he thoughtfully translates), the most successful stories involve reminiscences of his suburban childhood. ![]() While there is an undeniable tang of reheated leftovers, Sedaris writes with the magnificent gusto of the neurotic, who, in overreaching their means, find solace in corkscrew hyperbole. ![]()
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