I have read two of Augusten Burrough's books now and, despite myself, I am drawn to his achingly honest autobiographical style. When Burroughs is on his game, as he mostly is here, the reader is taken on a voyeuristic tour of an absurd life closely examined.
We all have strange things happen to us throughout our lives, but, if you're like me, most of them are filed away in our memories until some other event reminds us of them. Burroughs seems to remember every crazy thing that has ever happened to him and in vivid detail.
This book is funny and, at times, poignant. There were a few times I felt a little unsettled by the brutal honesty, but that is what you get with him. I enjoyed this book -- due in small part to the realization that no matter how weird my life gets, I could never top his.
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