'There isn't a dull word among these pages' India Knight, Sunday Times

'So often Sedaris's phrasing is beautiful in its piquancy and minimalism...His life is extraordinary in so many ways - the eccentric family, the crazy jobs, the fame, the globetrotting - but one of the more unlikely achievements here is in making it all seem quite ordinary. Ultimately, his masterstroke is in acting as a bystander in his own story' Book of the Day, Guardian

'It's like gossiping with an old friend - if that friend were a rather sexy American Alan Bennett with lots of good drug stories' Melissa Katsoulis, The Times

'Cool, very funnv, sardonic, yet open . . . there is an echo of Truman Capote or Tennessee Williams - with extra quirk. Or even Lewis Carroll . . . one of the biggest comedy writers of his generation' Peter Bradshaw, Spectator