The uniquely perceptive and hilarious David Sedaris reads from his essays and diaries for first series for Radio 4.
David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is surpassed only by his ability to make his stories even more hilarious when he reads them aloud. This is his first series for Radio 4, and he reads diary entries and essays from his books.
Episode 1
Six-to-Eight Black Men
Just a Quick Email
Episode 2
Let It Snow
The Cat and the Baboon
Keeping Up
Episode 3
Picapocketoni
I'll Eat What He's Wearing
Episode 4
Kookabura
With a Pal Like This
David Sedaris is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery, The Best of Me, and Calypso. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.