A Summer Movie for Grown-Ups

With the release of Hornby's first novel "High-Fidelity," one reviewer writes that the author has "established himself in England as a maestro of the male confessional." "High-Fidelity" is about 36-year old Rob Fleming, an obsessed record-collector, who's just lost his girlfriend, a casualty of his devotion to music. Next week, the book comes out in paperback. (RE-BROADCAST OF 9/26/95 INTERVIEW)

A new monologue by the NPR commentator, playwright, and housecleaner. "Drama Bug" was featured on This American Life, a nationally broadcast radio program hosted by Ira Glass and produced at WBEZ in Chicago. Sedaris is known nationally for his humor writing; he launched his radio commentator career with his "SantaLand Diaries," broadcast during NPR's "Morning Edition in 1992.