David Sedaris looks back to his youth to record his journey from drug-abusing dropout son of an eccentric Greek family in 1970s North Carolina to world-famous humorist. After sleeping under the stars while hitch-hiking around the USA, he lands a series of bizarre jobs before attending art college in Chicago. Social embarrassment, coming out as gay, muggings, fights and bruising encounters with bigotry are all related with dry, quizzical wit.