When you are engulfed in flames

New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008, 2008. Fine. 1st edition, 1st printing ; viii, 323 p. ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 9780316143479; 0316143472; LCCN: 2007-49021; LC: PS3569.E314; Dewey: 814/.54 ; OCLC: 183392234 ; black and gold cloth in color dustjacket with painting by Van Gogh, "Skull with cigarette" ; Contents: It's catching -- Keeping up -- The understudy -- This old house -- Buddy, can you spare a tie? -- _x000D_ Road trips -- What I learned -- That's amore -- The monster mash -- In the waiting room -- Solution to Saturday's puzzle -- Adult figures charging toward a concrete toadstool -- Memento mori -- All the beauty you will ever need -- Town and country -- Aerial -- The man in the hut -- Of mice and men -- April in Paris -- Crybaby -- Old Faithful -- The smoking section.; "David Sedaris uses life's most bizarre moments to reach new heights in understanding love and fear, family and strangers. Culminating in a brilliantly funny account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection will be avidly anticipated."--publisher;