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Books : 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
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
Sales Rank: 193
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
"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
Average Rating: 
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funny stuff, Sedaris book isnt what i expected, but it was my 1st Sedaris
practically every magazine I read reviewed the book and said it was absolutely hilarious and I've always read good reviews for his other stuff
i have to agree with some other reviewers, the essay "The Smoking Section" was awesome, the only bad part was that it was 83 pages long......, very, very funny though
the guy has a way with words, awesome descriptions of every day things
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A little dissappointed in this. His concert version in New York has his best stuff. I hate to say this but it is a little to GAY for me. Every character , he goes on and on about every piece of clothing they are wearing, who would even notice this except for a flamer? I only mention it because it detracts from his story. It was only semi-funny, more of a gay guy's observations of daily life and growing up with a bunch of sisters.
Rating: -
I've read all of David Sedaris' books and I feel like he's running out of material. I did not laugh out loud more than two times in this entire book, which cannot be said for the majority of his books. I felt like this book was a letdown and wish that I had not purchased it, in hardcover, no less.
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Before writing this review, I read a smattering of other reviews, particularly the one star reviews. Yowza! I didn't realize there are that many people out there that expect so much from a book. Next, they will want Sedaris to rotate their tires and patch their jeans.
I found the book to be highly entertaining. Yes, it is a small departure from previous works by the author but for me it shows growth, not regression. As we stumble toward the cemetery we do tend to get more introspective ... Read More
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I really love him way too much for my own good. So I was so excited to pick up his latest book, and I truly was giggling through the first three chapters. He is just so crazy funny to me. I know that not everyone gets his humor, but I do. And I love it. He makes me want to download it and listen to him read it to me, because it's even more funny to hear him say what he's written. But as I got further through the book, it started to feel a bit forced, like he might be running out of material. Although, in ... Read More
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