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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Paperback • 2009 • English

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

By David Sedaris

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

"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. 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. In e...Show more

Literary essays
Humorous fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780316154680

Publisher

Back Bay Books

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Format

Paperback

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