David Sedaris, David Sedaris
David Sedaris, David Sedaris
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David Sedaris
Live at Carnegie Hall

Author: David Sedaris

Narrator: David Sedaris

Unabridged: 1 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor


Synopsis

Bestselling humorist Sedaris likes to test out new material on twice-a-year reading tours to get the rhythm and phrasing perfected before he puts them down on the page. This live recording of his sold out October 22, 2002, reading at Manhattan's Carnegie Hall finds Sedaris performing debuting new stories, all captured in this audiobook. They include a parrot who mimics an ice maker, lovers quarrelling over a rubber hand, and a Santa Claus who moonlights from his job as bishop of Turkey.

About David Sedaris

American comedian, David Sedaris, decided to put his good humor and social critiques to pen and has we authored several books and short essays that slice through cultural inadequacies and political correctness. He has been deemed a master of satire and an expert observer of the current human condition. He was born in 1956, and has many titles......humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He gives credit to radio host, Ira Glass, for discovering him in a Chicago club and giving him the invaluable opportunity to appear on his weekly radio program. He said it was life changing.

One of his most important accomplishments would be receiving a Grammy nomination for his audio version of, Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls. There are over ten million copies of his books, and they have been translated into 25 languages.

In collaboration with his sister, Amy Sedaris, David has written six plays that have been produced at such places as LA Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. Three have been nominated for Grammys for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. A recent work is David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure. He has also had a film adaptation of his story C. O.G., which was presented at Sundance Film Festival. The various books about him and by him are numerous. Calypso, a book of essays, was punished in 2018, and a second volume of diaries is expected in summer of 2019.

His older Santaland Diaries was a huge success for listeners, so much so, that the New York Times dubbed him "a minor phenomenon".


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mara on December 21, 2014

I know, I know—this isn't what most think of as being a “book” per se. However, after being laid out in bed with the flu, Captain Trips, or maybe even that Gluten Free Ebola they were talking about on South Park for the past week or so, I really needed a dose David Sedaris'sardonic brilliance in it......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 24, 2023

A short little listen - two one hour live specials of David Sedaris reading from his stories. Laughed out loud so many times! His take on Dutch Christmas traditions were amazing.......more

Goodreads review by Cris on September 19, 2023

David Sedaris’ 2012 Carnegie Hall performance was typical Sedaris…hysterical! If you get him, you love him! If you don’t, I feel sorry for you and your childhood lol......more

Goodreads review by Kate on November 05, 2024

One can never go wrong with a David Sedaris audiobook. Laugh out loud funny. Love him.......more