The poem "The Hunting Of The Snark: An Agony In Eight Fits" by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). BBC Radio Broadcast: Monday 4th May 1992 "The Hunting of the Snark" is a fantasy that sails along on magical language, surreal images, and an undercurrent of sly humour. With Alan Bennett [The Narrator], Paul Daneman [The Bellman], David Collings [The Baker], David King [The Butcher], and Peter Pendry-Jones [The Snark]. Music composed by Stephen Fowl, Directed by Rosemary Hart
His father dies before David is born, but he is a very happy young boy - until his mother marries cruel Mr Murdstone. This is only the first of many changes, both good and bad, that David faces as he grows up and finally becomes a famous writer.
If you are driving, pull over. If you are at work, close your door, unless you don't mind your colleagues seeing you doubled over, in tears, on your office floor. With this recording, taped before a delirious sold out audience at Carnegie Hall, you are there as David Sedaris performs new stories from his upcoming book. A parrot who mimics an ice maker, lovers quarrelling over a rubber hand, and a Santa Claus who moonlights from his job as bishop of Turkey, the cast of characters in these stories is like no other. This new work will appeal to David's loyal fans as well as admirers of the classic comedy albums of George Carlin, Bill Cosby and Steve Martin.
David Sedaris' new collection of essays - including live recordings! - tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes ("There was the lisp, of course, but more troubling than that was my voice itself, with its excitable tone and high, girlish pitch") and unwanted guitar lessons taught by a midget. From budding performance artist ("The only crimp in my plan was that I seemed to have no talent whatsoever") to "clearly unqualified" writing teacher in Chicago, Sedaris' career leads him to New York City and eventually, of all places, France. His move to Paris poses a number of challenges, chief among them his inability to speak the language. Arriving a "spooky man-child" capable of communicating only through nouns, he undertakes language instruction that leads him ever deeper into cultural confusion. Whether describing the Easter bunny to puzzled classmates or watching a group of men play soccer with a cow, Sedaris brings a view and a voice like no other to every unforgettable encounter.
'All students, young and older, in the burgeoning field of trade mark law, whether interested in domestic aspects only or those in the broader international arena, will find a lot to catch and hold their interest in this collection of challenging essays by leading international scholars.'- David Llewelyn, King's College London, UK
