When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Very funny, of course. For me, it was less laugh-out-loud funny than Me Talk Pretty (my personal favorite Sedaris book), but perhaps a little more thoughtful? It seems like he's exhausted bizarre childhood/young adult stories, and this book focused more on his actual life. I never really knew that much about Hugh before. I love it most when Sedaris writes about different cultures, and so my favorite essay of the bunch was the final piece, about trying to quit smoking in Japan. Anyway–I don't think any Sedaris fans will be disappointed by this.