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Audio CD Description Star radio storyteller David Sedaris presents his collected works in one audio box set. The longest (at five hours) is his latest, Me Talk Pretty One Day, which contains two live performances from San Francisco. Welcome to a world where dogs outrank children, guitars have breasts, and Sedaris's fellow language-class students try to convey the concept of Easter to a Moroccan Muslim in their fledgling French (translated into English): "It is a party for the little boy of God," says one. "Then he be die one day on two ... morsels of ... lumber," says another. Sedaris is hilarious, and his Billie Holiday impression is amazing. The three-hour, Christmas-themed Holidays on Ice is the gem of the collection. It has his greatest hit, "SantaLand Diaries," a chronicle of his stint as an elf at Macy's, covering everything from the preliminary group lectures ("You are not a dancer. If you were a real dancer you wouldn't be here. You're an elf and you're going to wear panties like an elf.") to the perils of inter-elf flirtation. Other hits feature the crazed newsletter "Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!" and the prostitute coworker his sister brought home one Yuletide, giving "the phrase 'ho, ho, ho' whole different meaning." Barrel Fever contains the fulminatingly funny "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2" and "Parade," discussing the narrator's perhaps not fully plausible gay relationships with Bruce Springsteen, Mike Tyson, and Peter Jennings. Naked describes his adventures in a nudist colony, but his family tales are, as ever, nonpareil.

Customer Reviews Do not miss this! Like many people, I was first introduced to David Sedaris upon hearing "The Santaland Diaries" on NPR, I never could have imagined his body of work would be just as brilliant as that initial effort. Sedaris' writing is incredibly insightful, bitingly funny, and touching without ever being sappy. Even fans of Mr. Sedaris' books owe it to themselves to pick up the CD version of these stories. His delivery of his own work is so personal that it creates a rare case of audio books being more impactful than the written word. A modern mix of Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker, the Sedaris box set is a collection you will find yourself listening to over and over again. You Can't Kill the Rooster Fourteen hours of David Sedaris! Are you kidding me? The DAVID SEDARIS BOX SET is almost too much of a good thing. As I have no doubt stated elsewhere, the best way to experience David Sedaris apart from going to a live reading is to hear his work on the radio or through his audio recordings. The DAVID SEDARIS BOX SET offers the most substantial collection of his audio recordings to date. Those parts of his live performance which do not translate as well to written text include his Billie Holiday style of singing, the rendition of The Rooster (from "You Can't Kill the Rooster:" Amy does it here, though I've heard David do it to perfection live), and his attempts at speaking French (translated into broken English in "Me Talk Pretty This Day," "Jesus Shaves," and others). All are well represented in this comprehensive collection. This box set includes his work from "Santaland Diaries," "Barrel Fever," "Naked," "Me Talk Pretty One Day," as well as some bonus tracks. At the current price, this collection is an incomparable value and I highly recommend it for anyone's audio collection. Jeremy W. Forstadt Damn Funny. This CD set will pass the time like no other. David Sedaris has a dry, self-depricating humor that I find very funny. He is witty, harsh at times but he can also write some touching and sad passages as well. If you aren't familiar with his work, this is a good starting point.