
A riotous collection of memoirs which explores the absurd hilarity of modern life & creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world It takes Sedaris from his humiliating bout with obsessive behaviour in 'A Plague of Tics' to the title story where he is finally forced to face his naked self in the company of lunatics At this soulful & moving moment he brushes cigarette ashes from his pubic hair & wonders what it all means This remarkable journey into his own life follows a path of self-effacement & a lifelong search for identity leaving himself both under suspicion & over dressed