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The Land and Its People

Essays

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By David Sedaris

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On Sale
May 26, 2026
Page Count
336 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13
9780316607339

Price

$32.00

Price

$42.00 CAD

Format

  1. Hardcover

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  1. Trade Paperback (Large Print) $32.00 $42.00 CAD
  2. Hardcover $30.00 $40.00 CAD

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A brilliant new essay collection—his first in four years—from bestselling author David Sedaris.

Genre:

  • Nonfiction
  • Humor
  • Form
  • Essays

David Sedaris is the author of thirteen previous books, including Happy-Go-Lucky, A Carnival of Snackery,The Best of Me, and Calypso. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift International Literature Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.

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David Sedaris

About the Author

David Sedaris is the author of the books Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. He lives in England.

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