When You Are Engulfed in Flames | 
 enlarge | Author: David Sedaris
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  271 reviews
Sales Rank: 285
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0316143472
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9780316143479
ASIN: 0316143472
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," (IThe Christian Science Monitor/I) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. BRTrying 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 st1:place w:st="on"st1:State w:st="on"North Carolina/st1:State/st1:place. 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 st1:place w:st="on"st1:City w:st="on"Tokyo/st1:City/st1:place in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" (ISeattle Times/I). BRBRSTRONGPraise for EMWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames/EM:/STRONGBRBR"Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, Sedaris...defies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life." --IKirkus Reviews/IBRBRThis 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." --IBooklist/IBRBRSTRONGTable of Contents:BR/STRONGBRIt's CatchingBRKeeping UpBRThe UnderstudyBRThis Old HouseBRBuddy, Can You Spare a Tie?BRRoad TripsBRWhat I LearnedBRThat's AmoreBRThe Monster MashBRIn the Waiting RoomBRSolutions to Saturday's PuzzleBRAdult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete ToadstoolBRMemento MoriBRAll the Beauty You Will Ever NeedBRTown and CountryBRAerialBRThe Man in the HutBROf Mice and MenBRApril in st1:City w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"Paris/st1:place/st1:CityBRCrybabyBRst1:place w:st="on"Old Faithful/st1:placeBRThe Smoking SectionBRBRBRBR
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Engulfed in Laughter January 7, 2009
J. Lowry Doyle
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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. January 7, 2009
B. M. Laidlaw (Englewood , Fl USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
br / 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... January 4, 2009
BJ (East Peoria, IL United States)
funny stuff, Sedaris book isnt what i expected, but it was my 1st Sedaris br / br /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 br / br /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 br / br /the guy has a way with words, awesome descriptions of every day things br / br /"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 br / br /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 January 2, 2009
frmertd
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
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 January 2, 2009
mL (chicago, il United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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