Augusten Burroughs has produced a memoir that's funny and sharp but also humane, as charming as it is revealing.' -Kurt Andersen, author of 'Turn of the Century 'A memoir that is both horrifying and mordantly funny.' -'San Francisco Chronicle 'Burroughs has memorialized his bizarre childhood showing off a dark wit that often rivals that of David Sedaris-while telling a true story that would makeeven Sedaris cringe.' -'New York Magazine 'Burroughs tempers the pathos with sharp riotous humor. I haven't laughed this much since David Sedaris's last book.' -Haven Kimmel, author of 'A Girl Named Zippy ''Running with Scissors is a cut book celebrates Burroughs' resilient, upbeat spirit, which helps him surmount one of the weirder childhoods on record.' -'USA Today 'The anecdotes can be flippant, and so insanely funny (quite literally), that the effect is that of a William Burroughs situation comedy.' -'The New York Times 'Burroughs defies the 'woe is me' stigma of modern memoir with a raucous recounting of his loony teenage years.' -'Entertainment Weekly 'I was reminded of Roald Dahl's 'Boy and 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Running with Scissors is hilarious, freaky-deaky, berserk, controlled, transcendent, touching, affectionate, vengeful, all-embracing.It makes a good run at blowing every other out of the water.' -Carolyn See, 'The Washington Post 'Funny and rich with child's eye details of adults who have gone off the rails.' -'The New York Times Book Review 'It is as funny as it is twisted.' -'GQ 'A childhood of electroshock high jinx.' -'Vanity Fair 'A hilarious and horrifying memoir.' -'Los Angeles Times 'Harrowing and hilarious. 'I just finished reading the most amazing book.

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