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Glass discovered sedaris reading his diaries in a chicago club and invited him to appear on the show. This book allows us to observed not just the nimblemouthed elf of his previous work, but a man in his seventh decade expunging his darker secrets and contemplating mortality. Since then, he has appeared frequently on this american life on npr and his essays and stories are regularly published in the new yorker. Theft by finding author david sedaris scoured through 25 years of meticulous, handwritten diaries to find the stories he divulges in his new. A grammy award nominated american writer and broadcaster. Buy tickets for david sedaris from ticketmaster uk. Meet david sedaris, gives uk audiences the chance to. When you are engulfed in flames is a strong collection with clever repeated themes and a good spread of stories.
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