James Acaster

Classic Scrapes collects the mishaps Acaster first recounted on Josh Widdicombe’s radio show, alongside previously untold stories and his own drawings. It is an accessible route into how he shapes an anecdote: an ordinary decision acquires consequences, and the details make the embarrassment increasingly specific. Compare a radio telling with the written version if the construction interests you. The pleasure is in the patient development of a predicament, offering a different reading rhythm from the more elaborate conceptual structures of his stage shows.