Anyone that has read NAKED & BARREL FEVER or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation His recent move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious new pieces including & Me Talk Pretty One Day& about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declares that &every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section& His family is another inspiration & You Can&t Kill the Rooster& is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father & no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers of food & cashiers with six-inch fingernails