About this title: Augusten Burroughs continues his series of memoirs with this wild collection of stories. Here Burroughs confesses to various outrageous thoughts, including his desire to murder his cleaning lady and an obsession with becoming a transsexual.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780312315948ISBN:0312315945
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780739451588ISBN:0739451588
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"I think this was the first book that I read that had so much swearing in it, as well as sexual references. I'd sit there and read, and whenever something sexual would come up I'd look around shyly, wondering if my parents knew that the book I possessed was something definitely not appropriate for my age group. It was definitely refreshing to read something much more mature, though, because I've been reading at a college-reading level since I was in the 5th grade (of course, now at 23 it's higher).
Well written, dry and witty--almost David Sedaris-like. Thoroughly enjoyable, and I will be keeping my kids AWAY from this book when they're older!"
"If you like reading about a mean person who is honest about being a mean person, then anything by Augusten Burroghs is for you!
Magical Thinking is a collection of anecdotes about Burroughs life from childhood to the present. With a funny, cutting and endearingly self-deprecating voice, Burroughs will have you laughing out loud. From his childhood delusions about being a Hollywood star to the time he dated an undertaker, Burroughs' life is fascinating, sick and very strange."
"Hmmm something happened after I read the Chapter "The Rat Thing". I struggled. A lot. I found myself unable to connect with him anymore. I couldn't laugh anymore because I thought he was just plain cruel most of the time whether it be to animals, children or adults. Now I havent read Running with Scissors or Dry yet but I do understand that he had a very screwed up childhood...but that fact still doesnt make me like the fact that he is so incredibly self-absorbed and mean (even if he does have his guilty moments - and I do have a sense of humour - honest!)...the backcover blurb says "Augusten Burroughs gives voice to the thoughts we all have but dare not mention" - ummm nope not me. I have a lot of trouble laughing at other peoples pain, Augusten seems to revel in it and make it a source of his happiness. Bleh."
"I've come to the conclusion that if I ever want to laugh at the ridiculous, just read an Augusten Burroughs book. He tells true life (even if it is a little bit twisted) in such a comic way that you can't help but laugh out loud. The things this man is willing to admit to makes his books so wonderfully wrong and twisted that they're just right! I read Running With Scissors about 6 months before I read this, and I'm glad I read them in that order because he referred to it, and Sellevision (which, thankfully I had read that one beforehand as well) in Magical Thinking. I prefer Burroughs' short stories to Running with Scissors because I didn't feel like such a voyeur reading the short ones. I know they're all about Augusten's life, but with the short stories, they're just little snippits of his life, where as Running with Scissors was a portion of his life from start to finish, all the twisted details included. I really do enjoy his writing and stories, this is no exception."
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