The uniquely perceptive and hilarious David Sedaris reads from his essays and diaries. This is his second 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 second series for Radio 4, and he reads diary entries and essays from his books.
Episode 1
The Incomplete Quad
The Squirrel and the Chipmunk
Episode 2
Me Talk Pretty One Day
It's Catching
Episode 3
Nuit of the Living Dead
The End of the Affair
Episode 4
Us and Them
Diary extracts
Episode 5
Memento Mori
The Motherless Bear
Episode 6
The Ship Shape
Make That a Double
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.