David Sedaris: Live For Your Listening Pleasure
From the bold feral rabbits of his French backyard to the eating habits of a carnivorous bird Down Under, Live For Your Listening Pleasure takes listeners on a veritable tour of natural wonders, beginning with a fable, "Cat and Baboon," and moving on to the peculiarly American habitat of the "big-box" store.
"Sedaris's sparkling essays always shimmer more brightly when read aloud by the author. And his expert timing, mimicry and droll asides are never more polished than during live performances in front of an audience." Publishers Weekly, Starred Review - When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Track Listing:
1: Cat and Baboon (Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre in Denver, Colorado)
2-5: Author, Author (Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City)
6-8: Innocence Abroad (Durham Performing Arts Center, in Durham, North Carolina)
9-13 Laugh, Kookaburra (Royce Hall, UCLA in Los Angeles, California)
14-16: Diary Entries (Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia)
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Format: Audiobook
Price: $17.98 US/$21.98 CAN
ISBN-13: 9781600247194
On Sale Date: 11/24/2009
Publisher: Hachette Audio
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From the bold feral rabbits of his French backyard to the eating habits of a carnivorous bird Down Under, Live For Your Listening Pleasure takes listeners on a veritable tour of natural wonders, beginning with a fable, "Cat and Baboon," and moving on to the peculiarly American habitat of the "big-box" store.
"Sedaris's sparkling essays always shimmer more brightly when read aloud by the author. And his expert timing, mimicry and droll asides are never more polished than during live performances in front of an audience." Publishers Weekly, Starred Review - When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Track Listing:
1: Cat and Baboon (Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre in Denver, Colorado)
2-5: Author, Author (Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City)
6-8: Innocence Abroad (Durham Performing Arts Center, in Durham, North Carolina)
9-13 Laugh, Kookaburra (Royce Hall, UCLA in Los Angeles, California)
14-16: Diary Entries (Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia)
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Sedaris's sparkling essays always shimmer ore brightly when read aloud by the author. And his expert timing, mimicry and droll asides are never more polished than during live performances in front of an audience. Happily, four of the 2 pieces are live recordings, and listeners can hear Sedaris's energy increase from the roaring, rolling laughter of the appreciative audience. Sedaris's studio recording of his 10-page 'Of Mice and Men' runs 16 minutes, while the live recording of 'Town and Country,' which runs the same length in print, expands to 22 minutes thanks to an audience that often doesn't let him finish a sentence without making him pause for laughter to subside. (Publishers Weekly - Starred Review for WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES).
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Product Details
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Price: $17.98 US/$21.98 CAN
- Audio Run Time: 60
- ISBN-13: 9781600247194
- On Sale Date: 11/24/2009
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $17.98
- Audio Run Time: 60
- ISBN-13: 9781600247187
- On Sale Date: 11/24/2009
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $17.98
- Audio Run Time: 60
- ISBN-13: 9781600247194
- On Sale Date: 11/24/2009
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $24.98
- Audio Run Time: 60
- ISBN-13: 9781607884477
- On Sale Date: 11/24/2009