When You Are Engulfed In Flames

As the new millennium ends its first decade, it would now seem to be David Sedaris’s turn to make us laugh as America blunders about the planet minding everyone else’s business. With his strangely soothing eccentricities and his impeccable comic timing, it’s hard to imagine a better person to do it. - Sydney Morning Herald

A master at self-deprecation. - Daily Telegraph

He is a seemingly bottomless pit of hilarious anecdotes and pithy truths. - Sunday Telegraph

His beautiful way with words and rambling scene set-ups result in the kind of gentle comedy that will have you bubbling with laughter as Sedans takes embarrassing himself to a whole new level. - MX

The undisputed king of humorous writing. - Harpers’ Bazaar

He really does make you laugh out loud. And, as ever, he provides a masterclass in easy, conversational prose. You always have the feeling that you and Dave are sitting down having a chat - albeit an unusually entertaining one. And that is a wildly under-estimated skill. - Sunday Age