![]() ![]() 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. "Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, fies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life." - Kirkus Reviews ![]() ![]() Praise for When You Are Engulfed in Flames: 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). When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Sedaris, David, 9780316143479 18 product ratings Condition: Very Good Price: US 13.98 Buy It Now Add to cart Add to Watchlist Breathe easy. 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. 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. ![]() "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. ![]()
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