Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, the collection is a masterpiece of comic writing from a writer worth treasuring" (Seattle Times). He sounds incredulous and world-weary at the same time. The stories jump back and forth in time and locale: Sedaris is in middle school, in college, in his grown, professional life now North Carolina, now New York, now Normandy. "Cringe-worthy moments follow on the heels of laugh-out-loud ones. One of his very best, which is saying a lot considering the internal competition. Presents David Sedaris' "When You Are Engulfed In Flames". Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. The author's sixth collection of essays and short stories.
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