Excerpt from Calypso by David Sedaris, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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Calypso by David Sedaris

Calypso

by David Sedaris
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  • May 29, 2018, 288 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jun 2019, 272 pages
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"What about the Halloween she spent on that Army base?"

Excerpted from Calypso by David Sedaris. Copyright © 2018 by David Sedaris. Excerpted by permission of Little Brown & Company. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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