If, like me, you’re obsessed with any of David Sedaris’s bestselling books, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked and Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, you may think you know him pretty well. He has never roamed very far from himself when it comes to his material: his family, his partner, the people he meets on the street, and the French have consistently provided him with a rich vein of wry and endearing stories.