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Title	:	Dry
Author	:	Augusten Burroughs
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 293 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2004 by Picador USA (first published January 1st 2003)
Categories	:	Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Biography. Humor. Biography Memoir. LGBT

Dry

Augusten Burroughs

Paperback | Pages: 293 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 82071 Users | 3457 Reviews

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You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twenty-something guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular. Ordinary. But when the ordinary person had two drinks, Augusten was circling the drain by having twelve; when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls, and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten landed in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey, Jr., are immediately dashed by the grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. But when Augusten is forced to examine himself, something actually starts to click, and that's when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life and live it sober. What follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is real.

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Original Title:	Dry: A Memoir
ISBN:	0312423799 (ISBN13: 9780312423797)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Randy Shilts Award Nominee (2004)

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I got to be Augusten Burrough's escort when he spoke at the Texas Book Festival a few years ago, and he was very soft spoken, low key and ordinary looking. He spoke to a very large, adoring crowd in the senate chambers, and then signed books for quite a long time to an equally adoring snaking line of fans. He was very sweet and humble. He also bolted out of there as quickly as he could, and asked to be taken directly to his hotel, although my friend Kelly and I managed to drive him around Austin

Running with Scissors takes a group of messed-up characters and portrays them (mostly) for laughs. Dry takes a group of messed-up characters and shows us how tragic they are. It's deadly serious this time.Most moving is the way Augusten portrays himself. He's merciless in showing us what he's become, the walls he's put up, the denial he's in. Tough to read and easy to read all at once. Fundamental truths, and possibly his crowning achievement.

Sharp, candid, and surprisingly poignant...The fact that I finished this book in one day probably indicates that I enjoyed it. Indeed, the only novels that I recall where I truly laughed my head off were from chick-lits, trivial as that may sound. But, really, Burroughs has managed to be disarmingly droll while being frightfully honest and self-deprecating. I can't attest if that's from being gay, the result of coming from a dysfunctional family, or perhaps from working in advertising (in New

I was immediately smitten with Augusten's playfully sardonic story telling.Even when he is being a horrible person, in thought or deed, I am still charmed by his wry self awareness. His roller coaster of emotional reactions to recovery was captivating to me. The supporting cast of his life is well drawn. Augusten's talent as an ad man serves him quite well as an author.I doubt I would have picked this up if not for book club. Another win for compulsory reading assignments!

This is a difficult, but worthwhile read. I admired the author's ability to share so openly about his addiction. Most of the time I didn't like him, yet I couldn't put the book down.

Running with Scissors takes a group of messed-up characters and portrays them (mostly) for laughs. Dry takes a group of messed-up characters and shows us how tragic they are. It's deadly serious this time.Most moving is the way Augusten portrays himself. He's merciless in showing us what he's become, the walls he's put up, the denial he's in. Tough to read and easy to read all at once. Fundamental truths, and possibly his crowning achievement.

"Dry." This book I read the next day... couldn't put it down.The memoir follows Augusten in his success as a mid-20's creative advertiser, which seems like the most appropriate job between Burrough's self-confessed childhood ideal jobs of hairdresser & writer (in "Running w/ Scissors").This one has a different flavor altogether, kind of like the Truffaut series of Antoine Doinel films. Eccentricity reigned supreme with the bunch of freaks in "Running w/ Scissors". "Dry" finds more misfits in