Personally, I think the additional stories are welcome.) I suspect, like "A Christmas Carol," I'll make listening to "The SantaLand Diaries" and some of the stories an annual tradition. (There are more stories in this edition than in the previous version. I wouldn't call "Monster Mash" fun, but it was incredibly well written. That said, others, like "Dinah, The Christmas Whore," and "Six to Eight Black Men" were genuinely amusing. "Seasons Greetings" and "Christmas Means Giving" in particular ended felt overly mean and cruel. The rest of the stories weren't nearly as much fun for me. The opening story "The SantaLand Diaries" is about Sedaris working in a Department Store as an elf, and if you've ever experienced a certain frustration (along with Charlie Brown) about the commercialization of Christmas, or Christmas being pushed on you, this story is a can't miss. Sedaris generally does an excellent job of pointing toward the madness of the holidays, without feeling like a Grinch.
This latest collection proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he's also getting better.Sedaris's best stuff will still-after all this time-move, surprise, and entertain.If you're not ready for Department Store Christmas Carolers or Mall Santas, plug Holidays On Ice into your ears. This latest collection proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he's also getting better.Sedaris's best stuff will still-after all this time-move, surprise, and entertain." - BooklistĪdult Figures Charging Toward a Concrete Toadstool "Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, fies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life." - Kirkus Reviews Praise for When You Are Engulfed in Flames: Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" ( Seattle Times).
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In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina.
"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," ( The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. And his expert timing, mimicry and droll asides are never more polished than during live performances in front of an audience." Publishers Weekly, Starred Review - When You Are Engulfed in Flamesġ: Cat and Baboon (Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre in Denver, Colorado)Ģ-5: Author, Author (Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City)Ħ-8: Innocence Abroad (Durham Performing Arts Center, in Durham, North Carolina)ĩ-13 Laugh, Kookaburra (Royce Hall, UCLA in Los Angeles, California)ġ4-16: Diary Entries (Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia) "Sedaris's sparkling essays always shimmer more brightly when read aloud by the author. From the bold feral rabbits of his French backyard to the eating habits of a carnivorous bird Down Under, Live For Your Listening Pleasure takes listeners on a veritable tour of natural wonders, beginning with a fable, "Cat and Baboon," and moving on to the peculiarly American habitat of the "big-box" store. If you were lucky enough to have caught a performance on David Sedaris's most recent sold-out, 34-city tour, you already know that David Sedaris Live For Your Listening Pleasure is a must-have album! If you didn't hear it live and in person, then you're in for a treat-hilarious brand-new recordings from performances in Denver, New York, Durham, LA, and Atlanta, in one convenient audiobook collection, on sale November 24 for only $17.98.
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