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Magical Thinking

True Stories

Magical Thinking( )
Author: Burroughs, Augusten X.
ISBN:978-0-7336-1983-0
Publication Date:Nov 2005
Publisher:Hachette Australia
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

Whether he s describing a contest of wills and a deranged cleaning lady, the simultaneous thrill and self-disgust that comes from killing a rodent in your home, or the instinctive desire for fifteen minutes of fame in a Tang commercial, these stories give voice to thoughts we all have but dare not mention.What makes the collection so original is Augusten's sharp-eyed observations about things that are unique to him, but somehow universal to us all.MAGICAL THINKING is contagiously...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Memoirs
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.3 x 19.6 x 2.1 cm
Book Weight:0.23 Kilograms
Author Biography
Burroughs, Augusten X. (Author)
Augusten X. Burroughs was born with the name of Christopher Richter Robison in Pittsburgh, PA in 1965. At the age of 18, he chose the name Augusten X. Burroughs and legalized it in a Boston courtroom. He was raised in Western Massachusetts, after his mother had abandoned him to live with her psychiatrist. Burroughs dropped out of school at 13, his mother and her shrink helping him fake a suicide attempt, got his GED at 17 and then flunked out of community college. Burroughs survived a harrowing childhood, but used it and the strength he gained from surviving to springboard his literary career.

He has been a dog trainer, candy store clerk, waiter, sail cutter, store detective and, from the age of 19, an advertising copywriter. Burroughs lived in San Francisco for five years, then moved to New York in the early 1990s.

Burroughs writes memoirs (including the bestseller Running with Scissors which was made into a movie in 2006), as well as a sex column in DETAILS magazine, the occasional commentary for NPR, articles for New York Magazine, and essays for salon.com, Borders and Booksense. All of Augusten's subsequent books -Dry, Magical Thinking, Possible Side Effects, A Wolf at the Table, You Better Not Cry, This is How and Lust and Wonder- were instant New York Times bestsellers.

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