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Saturday, May 16, 2009

When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

Title: When You are Engulfed in Flames

Author: David Sedaris

First Published: 2008

No. of Pages: 323

Synopsis (from B&N): "Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds to the awkwardness of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a sleeping fellow passenger on a plane, David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers. Culminating in a brilliantly funny account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection will be avidly anticipated."

Fiction or Nonfiction: Nonfiction

Comments and Critique: This is my second David Sedaris book, and I feel pretty much the same as I did the first time around. The book is light-hearted and amusing overall, but I only had a few laugh-out-loud moments. Of course, humor is very individual and I know several people find him hysterical. He's not my go-to author when I need to seriously lighten my mood, but it was nonetheless an enjoyable read and I'd be willing to give his other books a go.

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1 comments:

Kailana said...

I really must read some David Sedaris. I hear good things, but never picked up one of his books!