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When You Are Engulfed in Flames | 
| Author: David Sedaris
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 28.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 95
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
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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 When You Are Engulfed In Flames July 31, 2008
Very funny! Laugh out loud funny... Hugely entertaining take on so many awkward encounters. Looking forward to my next Sedaris book.
When you are engulfed in flames. July 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When you are engulfed in flames is a wonderful book, but not every fan of Sedaris is going to be happy. This isn't as funny as his other stuff, it's darker, more mature, and more personal than his other work. If you can still get past that, then you'll like this book. It's still funny, but it's a different kind of humor.
Don't read this expecting Me talk pretty one day. Read this with an open mind, and you'll enjoy it.
A Bit Darker Than His Usual Offerings, Still Wonderful July 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been a fan of David Sedaris for a few years now, and have read and re-read his books many times, often for the novel experience (for me) of laughing out loud while reading; few writers are as honest and funny.
This book didn't make me laugh out loud, but I enjoyed it hugely nonetheless, it is a bit deeper, a bit darker, and perhaps more thoughtful and personal than his previous writing.
I look forward to more writing from this author, and I congratulate him on his accomplishment with this latest book.
Funny and thought provoking July 4, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
David Sedaris' managed to write a stream of consciousness set of reminiscences which were hilarious, sometimes upsetting, brave and often thought provoking. He talked about the kind of embarassing or uncomfortable moments that most of us try to forget right after they've occured with both humour and honesty. His section on how he quit smoking was brilliant and really very insightful about the whole subject of addiction. I think what I liked so much about this book apart from just how funny it was is that it was filled with insight without ever becoming pompous. All in all, a really good book that makes you laugh out loud, think about difficult topics, and read far later in the night than you meant to because it's so hard to put down.
 NOT EVEN HIS ART, GOOD ... A-GENT, A-CHAP June 29, 2008
0 out of 15 found this review helpful
And even the cover is somebody else's work. EN ... GU ... "L" ... FED. Lucky that his mama named him David; dark (k)night and all. Y-AWN.
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