SARAH Silverman may be better known in the UK for a very rude spoof song featuring Matt Damon (and he even appeared in the video), but she’s probably the best female comic the US has produced since Joan Rivers.

She treads a similar taboo-busting path to her illustrious compatriot, breaking any barrier you can imagine – racial, sexual, you name it.

Those with a less than robust sense of humour need not read her autobiography. No detail is spared – whether it’s the chronic bedwetting mentioned in the title (which didn’t stop until she was old enough to drive a car, she says), or losing her virginity at the age of 19 (“I think”), there’s more than enough ribald chat to keep you sniggering on public transport throughout the day.

Paul McGurk