In case you didn't know or already have a copy - "Engulfed in Flames", the new David Sedaris book is out! Yea! This was exactly what I needed to give me a break from parenting and baby care books. I am 3/4 of the way through and it is quite amusing although not the same snort-inducing stuff of "Naked" and "Barrel Fever" which is to be expected because there are only so many hilarious things that can happen in a person's life, even in a family like Sedaris'.
For anyone who isn't familiar with the author, he is actually from Raleigh but I accidentally stumbled upon him before we left Oklahoma. In fact, his book "Naked" was on the shelf at my ex-boyfriend's house and I grabbed it to read on a road trip to Colorado with Aaron! (FYI: ex and I had amicably broken up but still were trying to figure out how to share the dog so I was still popping in from time to time). Ex had never read the book. His mom had purchased it because the title "Naked" was tongue and cheek and she thought it decorated HER bathroom in HIS house well (maybe a contributor to the breakup perhaps?)
Anyhoot, I don't know what I expected from the title -maybe porn? Just kidding but the book was so funny that I am sure that Aaron was having second thoughts about his new girlfriend who was crying the ugly cry through tears she was laughing so hard all the way to Colorado. I insisted reading passages to him while he drove. Long story short, we have enjoyed every book of his since and followed his career closely. He is a regular contributor and was discovered on "This American Life" on NPR - great show. I highly recommend getting his books on audio because his voice is half the fun. We even drove to Charlotte to hear him read from his new book years ago.
His sister, Amy Sedaris was on "Strangers with Candy" and "Sex and the City" and wrote "I Like You" which was a very funny recipe and entertaining book that came out last year I think. I'll try to put some YouTube stuff of his on blog soon.
See Sedaris reading on Letterman...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBdymtyXt8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBdymtyXt8Y
2 comments:
Have you read "Me Talk Pretty One Day?" I laughed the whole way through it. I'll have to read this one as well.
Oh yes. We have read all of his books. Naked is by far my favorite. He also has a Christmas one called Holidays on Ice that is best heard on audio. He critiques the elementary school Christmas plays in his area and has a story on his job as a Macy's elf that got him discovered on NPR. So funny. He also has some funny things on Youtube.
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