{"product_id":"the-land-and-its-people","title":"The Land and its People","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781408714133\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Very little makes me laugh. I would say the one exception is anything by David Sedaris' GRAHAM NORTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sedaris is the God of the comic essay... Sedaris' only rule: be funny or perish' LENA DUNHAM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Land and Its People\u003c\/i\u003e, David Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveller, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of carer after his boyfriend Hugh's hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. An ambivalent Duolingo bot becomes his unlikely confidante as he attempts to describe his family in a foreign language. Ever adding to his list of 'Countries I Have Been To,' he rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest's cassock in Vatican City, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime takes its toll: Scrolling through his address book, he counts those he couldn't bear to outline and realizes how many are already gone. He is bitten by a dog and insulted by a wee train passenger. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn't. It's easy to agree with the lady waving a sign that reads, 'Enough is Enough.' And yet, life holds much to delight in: the massive testicles of a ram, a trip abroad with his sisters, a really excellent reptile video, a pair of well-made cotton underpants.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout these essays - at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound - Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity our fascinating human","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859952410757,"sku":"PR434373","price":41.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG9WHIBRI4A.jpg?v=1789114108","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-land-and-its-people","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}