Terry Gross

Includes excerpts from a wide range of hilarious personalities spanning the last few decades: Al Franken, Joan Rivers, Tracey Ullman, Martin Short, Chris Rock, Jay Leno, Jackie Mason, Larry David, Phyllis Diller, and more.

Includes David Sedaris, Stephen King, Maurice Sendak, Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, John Updike, Joyce Johnson, Fran Lebowitz, Billy Collins, Richard Price, and David Rakoff.

Terry Gross brings out the best in the greatest minds on the planet including the funny ones. Drawn from her long-running, award-winning public radio show, this new collection features in-depth interviews with the bright, shining wits of our time. One of the nation's leading interviewers, Gross is incisive, respectful, and always well-informed. She puts her guests at ease, which makes for rewarding listening. Insights abound and the humor is unstoppable....

Called upon to investigate thirteen suspicious incidents in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case--