Magical Thinking, Augusten Burroughs
Magical Thinking, Augusten Burroughs
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Magical Thinking
True Stories

Author: Augusten Burroughs

Narrator: Augusten Burroughs

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2024

Synopsis

This book was written in an era before trigger warnings. Sensitive readers please proceed with caution. —Love, Augusten.

From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry—a contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking, twisted, and absolutely magical collection. True stories that give voice to the thoughts we all have but dare not mention. It begins with a Tang Instant Breakfast Drink television commercial when Augusten was seven. Then there is the contest of wills with the deranged cleaning lady. The execution of a rodent carried out with military precision and utter horror. Telemarketing revenge. Dating an undertaker. And much more. A collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal, yet unabashedly intimate and very funny.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

About Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs is the author of Running with Scissors, Dry, Magical Thinking: True Stories, Possible Side Effects, A Wolf at the Table and You Better Not Cry. He is also the author of the novel Sellevision, which has been optioned for film. The film version of Running with Scissors, directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, was released in October 2006 and starred Joseph Cross, Brian Cox, Annette Bening (nominated for a Golden Globe for her role), Alec Baldwin and Evan Rachel Wood. Augusten's writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers around the world including The New York Times and New York Magazine. In 2005 Entertainment Weekly named him one of "The 25 Funniest People in America." He resides in New York City and Western Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tung on January 29, 2008

A few years ago I read Running with Scissors and found it over-the-top but tolerable. Then I read the sequel (Dry) and thought it was okay. Last year, I read Sellevision and detested it, swearing off Burroughs forever. But then I realized something: Burroughs is not a fiction writer – he’s a memoiri......more

Goodreads review by Mel on December 31, 2019

Loved. Evilly witty and charmingly/heartbreakingly truthful, with so many laugh out loud moment. If you are a fan of David Sedaris you MUST read . It’s been years and years since I read Burroughs’ memoir “Running With Scissors”, and I feel the need to now go re read, as well as add his other books t......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 14, 2020

Never heard of this author although he is very well known in literary circles. Now that I have found him I’m hooked on his horrendous stories. Funny, irreverent, obscene and downright weird. This is a selection of short stories that include Tang, gay affairs and a nod to a pre-President Donald Trump......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on September 29, 2015

Obnoxious but compulsively readable. Burroughs is pretty damn funny when he's not being an ass.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on July 08, 2013

Nice Augusten Burroughs book. My favorite after Dry.......more

Awards

  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Honor Book
  • Lambda Literary Award - Nominee
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