NOTE: Doing a Google Image Search for “naked” without the Sedaris qualifier is not advised.

I have heard the works of David Sedaris praised for well over a decade now. However, I have never given him a chance until now. I’m not a fan of memoirs as I find the vast majority of them intolerable, narcissistic and overwrought.

This past week I broke down and gave the audio version of Naked a try. I am actually glad I did. Sedaris did not write a typical memoir. Instead these are individual vignettes that trace his life story peccadilloes and all culminating in a hilarious recounting of his visit to a nude resort.

To me the high point of the audio version of the book is the inclusion of his sister, Amy, as the voice of many of the female characters throughout. I loved her work in Strangers With Candy and she does not disappoint here.

I still have my aversion to memoirs and don’t feel that I will rush out to read the rest of his stuff but I did enjoy this.