The One with When You are Engulfed in Flames

204. Title & Author: When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (323 pages)

Genre: Nonfiction—Humor

Completed: 21 November 2011

Summary & Review:

Essayist David Sedaris presents a compilation of essays covering everything from his childhood to his journey to Japan to quit smoking. Regardless of the topic, Sedaris observes the world and the situations he finds himself in with dryness and irony, looking for humor in the mundane.

I will grant that Sedaris is a fairly talented and entertaining writer, and at times, he had some very funny lines. However, many of the topics and opinions expressed in this collection of essays were not ones I found to be all too agreeable. Were Sedaris to apply his dry wit to more worthy topics, I would have enjoyed the book much more.

Rating: 4.5