Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the water in a vase of fresh cut flowers to fill the coffee machine. From armoring the windows with LP covers...

'Diana Kirk of Portland, Ore., is every girlfriend's adult version of the sneaky kid at school enticing rosy-faced innocents to just "tke a drag" from her clove cigarette. And don't you want to because it feels oh ... so ... good to be bad? Licking Flames: Tales of a Half-Assed Hussy offeres a strong woman's spin on contemporary life."--Back cover.