When You Are Engulfed in Flames
~ David Sedaris
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anastasia1211
~ 45-year-old woman in New York, NY
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
“This is the only book I've ever read where, just after finishing, I opened it again and started again: I needed to laugh and...”
The Brothers Karamazov
“For me, the single most important book ever written. I'm like an early Beatles fan for Dostoevsky - I'd be screaming and...”
KinMontreal
~ 53-year-old woman in Montreal, Canada
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
“So funny, and so twisted!”
I, Robot
“A classic from my youth, revisted recently. Still creative, humane,”
PiscesGirl19
~ 31-year-old woman in Davenport, IA
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
“It's David Sedaris. I love a good collection of essays, and his are usually funny and he pulls no punches, with himself or...”
The Grapes of Wrath
“Another classic I've read over and over.”
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Jun 4, 10:38 AM
angelbaby, a 24-year-old woman in New York
“Hello my dear, My Name is Angelica, i am a very beautiful young girl, I saw your profile today when i was searching for true relationship and i stopped to take very good look at it. I want you to know that i will be interested to know you better because you sound very sweet and nice in your profile so i will like us to become friends and know each other the more. Here is my email address (angelicacoulibaly@yahoo.com) send me an email today and i will send you my pictures and tell you more about me please!(Remember that distance, age or color does not matter in a really relationship but love matters allot). I am waiting for your reply now! Yours forever Angelica(angelicacoulibaly@yahoo.com)”
Jun 22, 1:31 PM
DavidRP, a 46-year-old man in Providence
“Try "Holidays On Ice," if you haven't already. The first story in particular - the elf job at Macy's - is painfully funny. I discovered Sedaris by accident, and went to the library to find his other books. Some of his stuff was disappointing, I thought, uneven in quality, but when he's good there's no one funnier. I suppose we can't expect perfection from everything. Enjoying what's good and suffering or ignoring the rest applies to just about everything, including literature. Greene's "The Quiet American" is the best novel ever written, even though it's a murder mystery, but he also wrote some awful nonsense. I like the early Stephen King, too, but he needs a new editor or agent, someone who will say, "Steve, my man, come on... you've got enough money... are we really going to publish this pile of..."”
Nov 1, 2010, 10:02 PM
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poetemaudit, a 29-year-old man in Sag Harbor
“hilarious not exactly appropriate for young readers”