When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Author(s):
David Sedaris
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Publisher(s):
Little, Brown and Company
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Binding: Hardcover
List Price: $25.99
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Editorial Reviews
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
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
Crybaby
The Smoking Section
Customer Reviews
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 has that special sentimentality that David Sedaris's voice adds extra meaning to. However, there are parts that are downright gross and it is not for the faint of heart, I now have a phobia of boils.
Very entertaining.
This is the first book I have read by David Sedaris. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am a big fan of his sister Amy, and enjoy her writing too.
The Wildness...
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
"This Old House", "The Understudy", "That's Amore", "April in Paris" & "Adult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool" along with "The Smoking Section" were my favorites to read
if you want to read a HILARIOUS collection of stories, check out Michael Ian Black's "My Custom Van" , now that is funny stuff
it's okay
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.
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 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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