MonkeyFunk
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Fri Jul-25-08 02:16 AM
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"When You Are Engulfed in Flames" |
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by David Sedaris.
Yeah, I gues it's not "fiction", but it's not really non-fiction, either, the way the term is generally understood.
Anyway, it's just flipping hysterically funny. He's just brilliant. Anybody else enjoying it?
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Fri Jul-25-08 06:03 AM
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I usually wait for the trade paperbacks to come out, but in this case I may start loitering at B&N to read it in hardcover.
Glad to hear it's up to David's usual standards.
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Fri Jul-25-08 10:59 AM
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2. It's only $9.99 on a Kindle |
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Fri Jul-25-08 11:10 AM
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:D
I did read the chapter on his flight next to the crabby woman that he would not change seats with. The answers to the crossword puzzle were hilarious. :rofl:
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Sat Jul-26-08 07:59 AM
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4. I heard him read that story a couple years ago |
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when he came through town for a reading.
He's going to be here again in Oct. I have to go again. Like an idiot, I got there last time and before the reading, he was out in the lobby signing. Very short line. Just him at a table. BUt I didn't bring my first printing copy of Barrel Fever. So we bought a paperback of his latest at the time - which I already had in hard cover - and he signed it for us and chatted with us a good 5 minutes. Gave us candy he'd brought from Japan, too. He was adorable.
Then when we left and looked at the inscription, it was "To two cheerful homosexuals in california". Perfect!
But I want my Barrel Fever signed!
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Sat Jul-26-08 03:21 PM
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Same brilliant comic writing from David Sedaris. I especially liked the essay where he talks about how his boyfriend's amazing sense of direction. My boyfriend is the same way. :-)
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Sat Jul-26-08 06:07 PM
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And MY boyfriend is always walking way ahead or wandering off. Every time we go out I have to threaten to tie a balloon around his wrist so I can find him in a crowd.
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Fri Aug-01-08 09:01 PM
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7. I'm just about finished with it |
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It's freaking awesome, just like his other stuff. I'm a huge Sedaris fan.
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Sat Oct-18-08 08:59 PM
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I always get his books on CD because I'd rather hear him read to me. However, I didn't have time to finish this before it had to go back to the library. I was a little disappointed because many of the stories were already told in previous books.
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Tue Oct-28-08 10:10 AM
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I like his observations. As a matter of fact, I'm trying to get through my suckass job by asking myself how David Sedaris would see it.
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