"When You Are Engulfed in Flames"

[MonkeyFunk]

by David Sedaris.

Yeah, I gues it's not "fiction", but it's not really non-fiction, either, the way the term is generally understood.

Anyway, it's just flipping hysterically funny. He's just brilliant. Anybody else enjoying it?

[Richardo]

1. I will.

I usually wait for the trade paperbacks to come out, but in this case I may start loitering at B&N to read it in hardcover.


Glad to hear it's up to David's usual standards.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. It's only $9.99 on a Kindle

:P

[Richardo]

3. :P yourself.

:D

I did read the chapter on his flight next to the crabby woman that he would not change seats with. The answers to the crossword puzzle were hilarious. :rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

4. I heard him read that story a couple years ago

when he came through town for a reading.

He's going to be here again in Oct. I have to go again. Like an idiot, I got there last time and before the reading, he was out in the lobby signing. Very short line. Just him at a table. BUt I didn't bring my first printing copy of Barrel Fever. So we bought a paperback of his latest at the time - which I already had in hard cover - and he signed it for us and chatted with us a good 5 minutes. Gave us candy he'd brought from Japan, too. He was adorable.

Then when we left and looked at the inscription, it was "To two cheerful homosexuals in california". Perfect!

But I want my Barrel Fever signed!

[terrya]

5. Very much so.

Same brilliant comic writing from David Sedaris. I especially liked the essay where he talks about how his boyfriend's amazing sense of direction. My boyfriend is the same way. :-)

[MonkeyFunk]

6. LOL

And MY boyfriend is always walking way ahead or wandering off. Every time we go out I have to threaten to tie a balloon around his wrist so I can find him in a crowd.

[Wheezy]

7. I'm just about finished with it

It's freaking awesome, just like his other stuff. I'm a huge Sedaris fan.

[hippywife]

8. I love Sedaris and

I always get his books on CD because I'd rather hear him read to me. However, I didn't have time to finish this before it had to go back to the library. I was a little disappointed because many of the stories were already told in previous books.

[AngryOldDem]

9. I loved it.

I like his observations. As a matter of fact, I'm trying to get through my suckass job by asking myself how David Sedaris would see it.