Tuesday’s Titles – Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk…Reviewer Seeks How to Describe this Book

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris may best be described as fables for adults.  Twisted fables with a healthy dose of ironic sarcasm thrown in for good measure.  It’s not a laugh out load kind of book, but there is definitely a sense of humor about the whole thing.  If I’m trying to place this for you it would be like the difference between food shows from Paula Dean and Anthony Bourdain.  David Sedaris would appeal to the Anthony Bourdain fans.

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk is made up of sixteen short essays, though I would call them fables, and ones without the happy tied up ending.  It’s a light read in that each fable is only six to fifteen pages, but a heavy read with some of the subjects and dark humor.  Each one takes a timeless issue and puts a modern day spin on it.  Some of the writing is crude and some of the illustrations follow suit, so this may not be the book you want to give out at the office or to Grandma or Grandpa.  More that fun uncle with the twisted sense of humor only some people tend to get.

Don’t let the cute cover lure you into thinking this is a cute book of fun fables!  But since there is a squirrel on the cover and this would appeal to those twisted individuals in your family tree we recommend giving this book with our Nuts About You Book Bouquet!

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