When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by David Sedaris
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Author: David SedarisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-03
ISBN: 0316143472
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Summary: 2 Stars
I was a fan of sedaris after reading and laughing out loud at his funniest book titled ," Me Talk Pretty One Day " . In fact , I even said " IF you read that book in public, one of two things would happen "...either people would move away from you thinking you nuts or they would ask what the title was due to all the side splitting laughter.
on the strength of that alone I bought two other of his books . so, so ...some smiles a few laffs.
The next book I read was Holidays On Ice " ...pretty fair some laffs some, smiles...then of course " dress your family >...". But, kept waiting for something of the genre of the first that brought tears to my eyes from all the laughter.
Thank goodness this book was a gift or I'd be trying to figure out just how to get my money back due to false advertisement from the promise of another Great read such as " Me Talk Pretty "...BUT, sorry this is a real waste of money and I'm sad for the person who paid full $25.99 + tx. to give me a b'day gift in these times when $$ is tight . In case anyone is worried...I'll lie and say " what a wonderful read ....many thanks for thinking of me " ...then go straight to confession , mia culpa. If I didn't believe better, I'd swear someone else did the ghost writing on this ....or else he's losing it .
If you feel the need to read this one...then by all means ...buy the $9.99 version or go to the library ...save yourselves people. Sorry Sedaris , BUT, if you are honest, you too know this is a stinker & not up to par. Before I ever plunk down another dollar for one of your books I'll do a lot of checking first( and advise others ) , you're either funny in the first chapter or you're not ...this time you're not !
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