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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris
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contemporary fiction memoir past tense first POV ~339 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

wry observational absurdist

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Contains notable humor, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 30
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 95%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count84,709
Page count~339 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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