Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: Book summary and reviews of Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk Summary

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life.

In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members.

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk Reviews

"Some Sedaris fans felt he had begun to exhaust his store of Homo sapiens-based anecdotes ... and Squirrel does seem to free him creatively, while still indulging his singularly skewed worldview. But at $21.99 for a scant 159 illustrated pages, Squirrel doesn't quite make a meal. Rating: B." - Entertainment Weekly

"Sedaris' anthropomorphized creatures may seem domesticated, but this book, like his more familiar essays, is way outside the world of boxes, wildly inspired — and a rip-roaring hoot." - NPR

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David Sedaris Author Biography

David Sedaris is a playwright and a regular commentator for National Public Radio. He is also the author of the bestselling Barrel Fever, Naked, Holidays on Ice, and Me Talk Pretty One Day. He travels extensively though Europe and the United States on lecture tours and lives with his partner, Hugh, in France.

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