David Sedaris reads from and discusses his new book 'When you are engulfed in flames'.
David Sedaris is quite simply, one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today. A Grammy Award nominated American writer and broadcaster, he came to prominence when his account of working as a Christmas elf at Macys, ‘Santaland Diaries’ was broadcast on National Radio. It became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic.
Much of Sedaris’s humour is autobiographical and self-deprecating, often concerning his middle class upbringing, his Greek heritage and his life in France with his partner Hugh.
His collection of essays ‘Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim’ lifted the corner on ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface.
His sixth collection of stories ‘When You Are Engulfed in Flames’ is a fresh masterpiece of comic writing, concentrating on his attempts to give up smoking.
‘Like a warped Thurber: domestic, laconic, slightly warped but never bitter, and extremely funny’ Sunday Times
‘A humorist par excellence, he can make Woody Allen appear ham-tongued and Oscar Wilde a drag’ Observer
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