When You Are Engulfed in Flames (CD-Audio)

from alana_leigh

While I certainly won't call this the best David Sedaris collection that you can purchase for yourself, I will say that any David Sedaris is worth reading -- and thus, my star rating. The observation I have for this collection is that with Mr. Sedaris giving up drinking, drugs, and smoking... his...

from railarson

Reading David Sedaris while eating has made me almost choke to death several times. You'd think I would have learned-once it's time to move masticated yet still relatively solid matter into my throat, the same pipe I use to gather air so I don't die-put down the funny book. Whether it was my firs...

from littlegeek

Hilarious. I listened to it on an audiobook, which I love since Sedaris is so funny when he reads his work, but now I want a paper copy just to look up all those pithy bon mots. Dude has a way with words and a gentle insight into humans.

from artistlibrarian

This is David Sedaris at his best: openly sharing his daily experience as a chain-smoking, shyly curious homosexual, a combination that means his word is like no other. This is a collection of laugh-out-loud (I did) essays where Sedaris leaves no stone unturned - his neighbors, family, and partne...

from melydia

One thing I really appreciate about Sedaris is not only does he share the often unflattering foibles of everyone around him, he never spares himself. Indeed, he often paints himself as the one with the worst intentions and habits. I laughed particularly hard at "In the Waiting Room" and "What I L...