![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sedaris's brilliant magnum opus, “The Smoking Section” (about his successful trip to Tokyo is quit smoking) stretches across the final two CDs. The studio recordings usually begin with an acoustic bass and brief sound effect (a buzzing fly, the lighting of a cigarette, the clinking of ice in a drink, etc.). Sedaris's studio recording of his 10-page “Of Mice and Men” runs 16 minutes, while the live recording of “Town and Country,” which runs the same length in print, expands to 22 minutes thanks to an audience that often doesn't let him finish a sentence without making him pause for laughter to subside. In this remarkable new volume, 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. ![]() Happily, four of the 22 pieces are live recordings, and listeners can hear Sedaris's energy increase from the roaring, rolling laughter of the appreciative audience. And his expert timing, mimicry and droll asides are never more polished than during live performances in front of an audience. Sedaris's sparkling essays always shimmer more brightly when read aloud by the author. (1.11) When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris Book Review Jessigmann624 2.01K subscribers Share 2.1K views 11 years ago flamer. ![]()
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