{"product_id":"when-you-are-engulfed-in-flames-by-david-sedaris","title":"When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (Preloved-Like New)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is in preloved condition, which means someone else enjoyed it before you. Because it's in Like New condition, you probably won't even notice anything different other than a great discounted price!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003cbr\u003eTrying 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 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. 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for When You Are Engulfed in Flames:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, Sedaris...defies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life.\" --Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\" --Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's Catching\u003cbr\u003eKeeping Up\u003cbr\u003eThe Understudy\u003cbr\u003eThis Old House\u003cbr\u003eBuddy, Can You Spare a Tie?\u003cbr\u003eRoad Trips\u003cbr\u003eWhat I Learned\u003cbr\u003eThat's Amore\u003cbr\u003eThe Monster Mash\u003cbr\u003eIn the Waiting Room\u003cbr\u003eSolutions to Saturday's Puzzle\u003cbr\u003eAdult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool\u003cbr\u003eMemento Mori\u003cbr\u003eAll the Beauty You Will Ever Need\u003cbr\u003eTown and Country\u003cbr\u003eAerial\u003cbr\u003eThe Man in the Hut\u003cbr\u003eOf Mice and Men\u003cbr\u003eApril in Paris\u003cbr\u003eCrybaby\u003cbr\u003eOld Faithful\u003cbr\u003eThe Smoking Section\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heather \u0026 Pine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46970890551468,"sku":"9780316143479","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/1683\/0124\/files\/davidsedaris.jpg?v=1787169155","url":"https:\/\/heatherandpinebooks.com\/products\/when-you-are-engulfed-in-flames-by-david-sedaris","provider":"Heather \u0026 Pine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}