Augusten Burroughs: Lust and Wonder

USA 2016, 304 pp., hardcover, € 18.95
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Macmillan
In chronicling the development and demise of the different relationships he's had while living in New York, Augusten Burroughs examines what it means to be in love, what it means to be in lust, and what it means to be figuring it all out. The author of »Running With Scissors« continues the story he began in »Dry« to examine the ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: Dry

USA 2013, 293 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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An advertising executive remembers his childhood with his eccentric foster family and his early adulthood experiences of trying to establish an independent life for himself having finally become an alcoholic. When the ordinary person had two drinks, Augusten was circling the drain by having twelve; when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. Loud, ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: This is How

USA 2012, 230 pp., hardbound, € 24.95
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SMP
If you are fat and fail every diet, if you are thin but can't get thin enough, if you lose your job, if your child dies, if you are diagnosed with cancer, if you always end up with exactly the wrong kind of person, if you always end up alone, if you can't get over the past, if your parents ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: You Better Not Cry

True Stories for Christmas. USA 2009, 206 pp., brochure, € 13.50
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Of course you've eaten too much chocolate at Christmas, but have you ever eaten the face off a six-foot stuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses, but have you ever made your own gingerbread block of flats? You've woken up lying next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection of true ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: A Wolf at the Table

USA 2008, 242 pp., hardback, € 19.95
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»As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we'd ever done together as father and son, and I promised not to tell. But unlike most dreams, the memory of this ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: Running with Scissors

USA 2005, 315 pp., Pb, € 18.95
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SMP
This is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of 12, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor's bizarre family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: Magical Thinking

USA 2004, 268 pp., pb, € 11.59
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From the number-one bestselling author of »Running with Scissors« and »Dry« comes Augusten Burrough's most eagerly anticipated collection yet: true stories that give voice to the thoughts that we all have but dare not mention. A contest of wills with a deranged cleaning lady. The execution of a rodent carried out with military precision and utter horror. Telemarketing revenge. A ... Weiterlesen