When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris

323 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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It's early autumn 1964. Two straight-A students head off to school, and when only one of them returns home Chesney Yelverton is coaxed from retirement and assigned to what proves to be the most difficult and deadly - case of his career. From the s...

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funny 95%
reflective 54%
lighthearted 50%
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relaxing 9%
adventurous 8%
hopeful 7%
inspiring 5%
challenging 3%
informative 3%
mysterious 1%
sad 1%
tense 1%

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fast 30%
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