David Sedaris
Mi Raccomando: Tutti Vestiti Bene

This book won't change your life. But it will nonetheless strike you, and make you laugh. As far as I'm concerned, it deserves to be read because I liked it a lot.

David Sedaris, American of Greek origin, was born on December 26, 1956, graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1987, and began working at National Public Radio where he became a radio star.
His first collection of stories was published in 1994. To date, he has sold more than seven million copies.
He is, in a very simple summary, a hugely successful author who moves between radio and TV.
 
The volume, "Mi Raccomando Tutti Vestiti Bene," is published by Mondadori, like all the others released in Italy.

This rich collection (236 pages) is the work of his captivating pen, which manages to make you laugh and engage, talking about minimal events and his own paranoias. And it must be said, in a constantly original way.
He manages to describe the most disparate events without flattening them or being trivial: the relationship with his father (Homo immobiliaris), his brother's wedding (Il Gallo si sistema), the magic of his childhood (Bagnasciuga), or narrating the day he leaves home because he's gay (keeping you in suspense between emotion and humor in the beautiful story Egira). More than anything, you'll be amazed by the humanity he manages to bring out.

He is not a comedian; he is a humorist. One should not think of him like those comedians who, riding the wave of success, publish a book packed with their most famous catchphrases.
He is not like the comedians who invent a joke and then squeeze it until it is devoid of its last drop of meaning and humor; or who get on stage and have to make you laugh.
David Sedaris combines a brilliant and dry writing style, indebted to short-form authors like Alice Munro, with an innate ability to make you laugh talking about anything.
He has that ability, which we all wish to have and often try to imitate (I include myself here), to effectively depict a scene in a few lines, managing to draw a laugh.

A genuine laugh.