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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by: David Sedaris

: When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9780316143479
ISBN: 0316143472
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: June 03, 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Release Date: June 03, 2008
Sales Rank: 272
Studio: Little, Brown and Company



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'David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art,' (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book.
Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from 'a writer worth treasuring' (Seattle Times).

Praise for When You Are Engulfed in Flames:

'Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, Sedaris...defies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life.' --Kirkus Reviews

This latest collection proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he's also getting better....Sedaris's best stuff will still--after all this time--move, surprise, and entertain.' --Booklist

Table of Contents:

It's Catching
Keeping Up
The Understudy
This Old House
Buddy, Can You Spare a Tie?
Road Trips
What I Learned
That's Amore
The Monster Mash
In the Waiting Room
Solutions to Saturday's Puzzle
Adult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool
Memento Mori
All the Beauty You Will Ever Need
Town and Country
Aerial
The Man in the Hut
Of Mice and Men
April in Paris
Crybaby
Old Faithful
The Smoking Section







Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Engulfed in Laughter
This CD set was great for my roadtrip. I laughed so hard that I had tears in my eyes! It also still ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very entertaining.

This is the first book I have read by David Sedaris. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am a big fan ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Wildness...
funny stuff, Sedaris book isnt what i expected, but it was my 1st Sedaris

practically every ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - it's okay
A little dissappointed in this. His concert version in New York has his best stuff. I hate to say this but ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Eh
I've read all of David Sedaris' books and I feel like he's running out of material. I did not laugh out loud ... Read More

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