Running With Scissors

Informationen zum Autor Augusten Burroughs is the author of Running with Scissors (Atlantic 2004), Dry (Atlantic 2005), Magical Thinking (Atlantic 2005) and Possible Side Effects (Atlantic 2007), all of which have been New York Times bestsellers and are published around the world. A film version of Running with Scissors starring Annette Benning and Gwyneth Paltrow was adapted for the screen by Ryan Murphy. Augusten has been named one of the fifteen funniest people in America by Entertainment Weekly. Sellevision is his latest book. He lives in New York City and western Massachusetts. Klappentext Paperback edition of this hilariously entertaining, if completely crazy, childhood memoir. The hardback sold over 10,000 copies. "Bawdy, outrageous, often hilarious... so flippant and so insanely funny" "New York Times" Augusten Burroughs's jaw-dropping memoir, out now in paperback: ' Adrian Mole scripted by Hieronymous Bosch' Fiona Hook, The Times Zusammenfassung Augusten Burroughs's jaw-dropping memoir, out now in paperback: 'Adrian Mole scripted by Hieronymous Bosch' Fiona Hook, The Times

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'This true story is a match for the strangest... Running with Scissors reads like an extremely well crafted and crazed sitcom, a mix of Jerry Springer and Seinfeld... Funny, moving and extraordinary' Christina Patterson Independent

Product details

• Authors: Augusten Burroughs, Burroughs Augusten
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.02.2004
• EAN: 9781843541516
• ISBN: 978-1-84354-151-6
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Family Life / General, Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, FICTION / Media Tie-In, Memoirs, HUMOR / Form / Anecdotes & Quotations, Humour, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Fiction: general and literary, Humour collections and anthologies