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
2 comments:
I hope I didn't buy this book for you...
Nope. I checked this one out from the South Pas library.
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