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A review by maddie_reads_stuff
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
3.0
Meh. 2.5 stars
Short essays followed by a longer retelling of his journey to quit smoking. I had heard that Sedaris was hilarious, but I didn't find any of the stories particularly funny. The exception is perhaps the bits about living in Japan (The Smoking Section, Part 2), which I could often identify with as a foreigner in Japan. So, sorry, but I guess I just didn't get it.
Short essays followed by a longer retelling of his journey to quit smoking. I had heard that Sedaris was hilarious, but I didn't find any of the stories particularly funny. The exception is perhaps the bits about living in Japan (The Smoking Section, Part 2), which I could often identify with as a foreigner in Japan. So, sorry, but I guess I just didn't get it.