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Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text.'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. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. * Good: A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. * Very Good: A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Dust cover is intact pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. * Like New: An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. A brand-new, unused, unread copy in perfect condition. We based our evaluation of book condition on the following criteria: BooklistĪdult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool 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. 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). 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.

When you are engulfed in flames cover art