Features a collection of essays written by David Sedaris that explore his mother-in-law's battles with a parasitic worm that lived in her leg, an encounter with a dingo, the recreational uses for an external catheter, the buying of a human skeleton, and David's attempts to quit smoking while in Tokyo.

It's catching -- Keeping up -- The understudy -- This old house -- Buddy, can you spare a tie? -- Road trips -- What I learned -- That's amore -- The monster mash -- In the waiting room -- Solution to Saturday's puzzle -- Adult figures charging toward a concrete toadstool -- Memento mori -- All the beauty you will ever need -- Town and country -- Aerial -- The man in the hut -- Of mice and men -- April in Paris -- Crybaby -- Old Faithful -- The smoking section.