Humorist David Sedaris is famous for his reading tours, where he likes to test and hone his pieces, and engage in banter and back-and-forth with his audiences. EW has learned that Hachette Audio will release a new Sedaris audiobook on Nov. 24. Live for Your Listening Pleasure—consisting of recordings culled from his recent American tour—will have no hardcover or paperback counterpart.”This was planned as an audio initiative,” says a Hachette spokeswoman. “It’s patterned after Live At Carnegie Hall”—a popular 2002 recording—”and though we first thought it would be a single event, he preferred to cobble together highlights form the entire tour.” You can hear an exclusive clip here:
Nov 10
2009
12:32 PM ET
Exclusive: Clip from new David Sedaris audiobook
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he doesn’t sound like i’d thought he would after reading 4 of his books. either way, hilarious.
You should see him read in person if you get the chance. I didn’t know what to expect from reading the books, having never heard his voice, but he’s very small, and when he walked to the podium and opened his mouth, I laughed for hours. Not to say I laughed at his voice–it was the way he delivered each line. Deadpan and absolutely perfect.
I couldn’t agree more! I listened to his audiobooks after having read all of his books because my sister said they were even more hilarious. I’m so happy I did. The way he reads is perfect and makes everything just that much more funny.
Sometimes he reads his essays on ‘This American Life’. Which means Santaland Diaries will be playing soon on NPR.
On my trip home for Thanksgiving in a couple weeks I’m totally queuing up Holidays on Ice on my ipod to get me in the right mindset for the vist!
Has he ever taken a wrong step? He’s just brilliantly funny.
Truly brilliant and one of a kind.
My wife and I went to see his show when his tour came through our town. He was hilarious, and we waited in line for his autograph. My wife asked about an obscure play he’d written that his sister (Amy) was in. He seemed a very pleasant man. Which is why we were surprised he’d inscribed her book thusly, “I’m so angry you’re alive”. Tarnished an otherwise delightgul evening.
Oh, I know he wouldn’t want you to take it that way! David is a silly person with a dry sense of humor, we all know this, he meant it as a joke. Friends and I have seen him at several readings and he writes more unusual comments in books than any other author I’ve met and we always crack up. In one of my books he drew a turtle that looked like Abraham Lincoln and then signed his name just because we were having a nice chat. The plays he wrote were a while ago and he probably just meant that he’s feeling older. He really is a very gracious man and I’m sure he would not have wanted to hurt your wife’s feelings.
In mine he also drew Abe Lincoln, which made sense. I’m tall, have a beard and live in IL. My wife had just gotten bad news at her job and looked forward to that evening. His timing was poor. I took it as a joke, but it bothered her. Regardless, an odd item to write in a fan’s book. Making matters worse, the next morning she saw pictures of books he’d signed “I’m so happy you’re alive”.