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| 60% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks Catalog: Book Release date: 2006-08-29 Media: Mass Market Paperback Number of pages: 352 Ean: 9780312938857 Book Isbn: 0312938853  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on July 23, 2008 Summary: Weird Yes, this book was bizarre. VERY bizarre. And there is a lot of homosexual sex in it along with loads of mental illness and somethings that will make you want to puke. I'm serious. All in all. It wasn't horrible but it made me think my life is pretty damn normal and this guy belongs on Jerry Springer. Written on July 13, 2008 Summary: Great Read This is a great book, it's a faced paced book, an easy read that you become somewhat addicted to the plot and characters. He's a great writer and his comparisons and images are amazing.  Written on July 4, 2008 Summary: Disgusting! This book was absolutely disgusting and I don't believe even half of it actually happened. Written on June 27, 2008 Summary: Nearly a masterpiece of white trash literature This is a memoir (and a painfully sad one at that) of an boy ill-raised and neglected by a wildly irresponsible mother and psychologist-friend. Such brutal neglect is when a 33 year old pedophile molests him (a 13 year old boy then) on a regular basis and masks the relationship as "doing what lovers do". The mother and psychologist-friend see nothing wrong with the "relationship" and turn a blind eye. Another is when the psychologist-friend instructs his daughter to scoop out his feces from the toilet to let sunbake in the backyard. Although Burroughs presents this as a dysfunctional family at it's wierdness, there is obviously something more sinister going down, which Burroughs fails to see or present. On the upside, the author's wit and humor transcends his personal horror stories. There are moments in the first part of the book that are so shocking and funny, it's like nothing you've ever read before. Half way through the book the reader may find themselves tortured by a long yarn of people actiing dysfunctional. Rarely, if ever, does the book bother to go to any level deeper than freak story after freak story. Surely there are readers out there who would find the morbid humour in this book a masterpiece of the white trash literature. I certainly did, and after about 1/2 way through the book I decided I had enough fun. Written on June 24, 2008 Summary: Late to the party (and I don't regret it) That anyone can read this book and think it is even in the least bit humorous, is beyond me. I purchased this book because as an avid reader of classics, I enjoy dipping my toes back into what the populace at large is reading. And just as I found with 'The Kite Runner,' and 'Water for the Elephants,' my eyes were once again opened to a public that knows nothing of the written word, its use, its subtleties and its nuances. The reading public at large, if one can base an opinion of such on best sellers such as Running with Scissors, etc, have no idea what good literature is and will read anything that is placed before them. That said, there are some redeeming qualities about the work in general. When an author can make me actually feel something, regardless of overall story, I consider their job halfway complete. Reading through some of the scenes a knot formed in the pit of my stomach, and at once I felt a terrible sorrow for the boy, and the situation that he was placed in. For example, in the scene describing his first "meeting" with Bookman I felt as though I needed to shower when it was over because I felt as dirty as the author. That's good writing! And throughout the work, there are several scenes in which the emotion was not only being read, but felt. Overall, I wouldn't say that I enjoyed the book - it was far too disturbing for that. But I will say that the book was entertaining and insightful in that it further strengthened my belief that behind every closed door and white painted picket fence, there are things going on that would sicken us if we were allowed a peek. Running with Scissors is neither a work of genius nor a classic. It is a mildly entertaining peek into the lives of some very, very disturbed and troubled (and troubling) people. Three Stars. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2006-08-29 | 2004-04-01 | 2006-05-02 | 2008-09-09 | 2005-10-01 | 2008-04-29 |
| Media | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover |
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| Number of pages | 352 | 320 | 304 | 320 | 304 | 256 |
| Ean | 9780312938857 | - | - | 9780307396181 | - | 9780312342029 |
| Book Isbn | 0312938853 | - | - | 0307396185 | - | 0312342020 |
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