Sedaris's new book inspired by time spent in airports

26 July 2011 Last updated at 11:22 ET Help

US humorist David Sedaris will be performing in Edinburgh from 16 August.

His books have sold more than seven million copies and his latest book Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk gets readers to learn lessons in morality from a variety of anthropomorphic animals.

He tells Radio 5 live's Richard Bacon where he gets his inspiration from.

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