Naked

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris

Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the current mania for the memoir on its proverbial ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview, a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. A tart-tongued mother does dead-on imitations of her young son's nervous tics, to the great amusement of his teachers; a stint of Kerouackian wandering is undertaken (of course!) with a quadriplegic companion. Through it all is Sedaris's unmistakable voice, without a doubt one of the freshest in American writing.

©1997 David Sedaris (P)1998, 2001 Time Warner AudioBooks

Critic reviews

"Sidesplitting." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Genuinely funny, at times hilarious....Makes for a smashing use of audio as a unique entertainment medium....Highly likable and spirited throughout...makes a case for audio as its own special form." (Publishers Weekly)
"Sedaris is a gifted satirist with an uncanny knack for re-creating dialogue and revealing fantasies....Brutally honest and brilliantly eloquent, Sedaris is positively tonic." (Booklist)

Hilarious as usual

once again mr Sedaris made me laugh til I died then died laughing again! cool.

I love finding someone w/ a twisted sense of humor

David Sedaris -- the one and only. I'm a 30-year-old woman in Nebraska and can't tell you how difficult it is to find someone with the same, twisted sense of humor that I have yielded.

I love David Sedaris

As usual, this story was hilarious! And also as usual, his reading made it even better!

laughing.

I take my laughs where I can get them these days. belly laughs,now they are few and far between. david sedaris gives me belly laughs!
I identify with david and a lot of his characters which provides those belly laughs. the narrating was especially good in this book!

Laugh out loud funny!

If you could sum up Naked in three words, what would they be?

Funny
Masterful
Humorous

What did you like best about this story?

I liked everything about this book!

What does David Sedaris and Amy Sedaris bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Amy's impersonation of her parents, Ya-Ya was outstanding!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES!!!!!

loved.

love love LOVE. this story was so fun to listen too, I highly recommend listening to it, rather than reading it yourself.

David Sedaris outrageously funny and emotionally intelligent

What can I say? He is the absolute best and Michael three favourite! Very cute sense of observation and willing to admit all kinds of stuff that most of us would not! He is a complete gift

LOL

I have just started listening to audio books. My first three selections were by David Sedaris. I drive 3 hours between Emerald Isle and Durham twice a week. I find myself laughing out loud during the drive and arriving at my destination seemingly in the blink of an eye. It feels so good to laugh out loud!

Side-splittingly Funny

I first heard Sedaris' Live at Carnegie Hall, and since then can't get enough of him. Because this book was so short, I almost didn't buy it. I'm so glad I did! David and Amy should team up on more narrations... she added hilarious voice to hilarious writing. I recommend it as one of my favorites.

Fabulous Listen

What made the experience of listening to Naked the most enjoyable?

The narrator

What other book might you compare Naked to and why?

It's hard to compare David Sedaris to anyone.

Have you listened to any of David Sedaris and Amy Sedaris ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have all of his books, and audio books. I can't imagine anyone else reading his works. Her has a wonderful voice, and great comedic timing.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me laugh, and it had beautifully heart breaking moments, followed by David's sense of humor that brought levity to the sad, sometimes depressing moments. This book is about a real persons life after all. How can you not have moments both up and down?

Any additional comments?

He has a way of making the mundane momentous, and the weird and unusual seem completely normal and acceptable. It's always funny, and a bit sad at times, but I find I walk away learning something about myself by the time the book ends. As far as I'm concerned that says more about David Sedaris' books than any review I could give.