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Revisit the second memoir in Augusten s bestselling trilogy of Running with Scissors, Dry, and Lust Wonder 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 Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a higher power. New Download Dry By Augusten Burroughs For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr After reading Dry I went over to Cedar Tavern for a martini I don t normally drink martinis, but according to Augusten Burroughs, the famous Cedar Tavern on University Place in Manhattan serves huge ones enormous great bowls of vodka soup so you get the most of what you pay for But as it turned out their martinis are actually rather small, the opposite of Burroughs claim And the bartender on the second floor told me that the martinis have been the same size for at least five years sin After reading Dry I went over to Cedar Tavern for a martini I don t normally drink martinis, but according to Augusten Burroughs, the famous Cedar Tavern on University Place in Manhattan serves huge ones enormous great bowls of vodka soup so you get the most of what you pay for But as it turned out their martinis are actually rather small, the opposite of Burroughs claim And the bartender on the second floor told me that the martinis have been the same size for at least five years since he began working there So what the fuck is Burroughs talking about Not that I was surprised by this While reading Dry a memoir about overcoming the disease of alcoholism I couldn t help but think Burro...What do Haruki Murakami born 1949 and Augusten Burroughs born 1965 have in common Nothing except they both love to drink and they both write stories, novels and memoirs Everything else about their lives is full of contrasts Murakami is a Japanese while Burroughs is an American Murakami interweaves non human fantasy in his human charac...Dry This book I read the next day couldn t put it down.The memoir follows Augusten in his success as a mid 20s 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 bunc...Sharp, candid, and surprisingly poignantThe 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 Yo Sharp, candid, and surprisingly poignantThe fact that I finished this book in one day probably indicates th...LOVED ITI 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 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 a little showing him things He s sober now,...This book is funny It s funny and it s true and it s real.I laugh and crack up about what Burroughs is saying, even though he is a mean funny I say a mean funny because he really rips into other people and judges them Of course, he does the same thing to himself, but I can t help feeling a little guilty about enjoying this book so much Sometimes he ll be saying something and I ll be laughing and then I ll think, Should I really be laughing at this Believe me, it s nothing too offensive o This book is funny It s funny and it s true and it s real.I laugh and crack up about what Burroughs is saying, even though he is a mean funny I say a mean funny because he really rips into other people and judges them Of course, he does the same thing to himself, but I can t help feeling a little guilty about enjoying this book so much So...You were spectacular, Hayden tells me afterwards How so You were so honest and substantive Just no bullshit, he says, slapping me on the back Really I seemed normal I ask Of course You were great What a relief I had no idea what I was saying I was actually thinking about how my chest hair is growing back after having shaved it all off Hayden turns sharply, WhatWell, I thought maybe of bleaching it for the summer But then I thought how awful it would be to have roots Ches You were spectacular, Hayden te...Whatcan be said about Augusten Burroughs He is an amusing mess If half of the information in his memoirs is true, I will give him five stars for his survival skills If his memoirs are later discovered to be false,I will give him five stars for creativity and fantas...The fact is I m not like other people, I m like other alcoholics This was an audio reread of a book I read in print in 2008 This has long been one of my favorite memoirs and will remain so Augusten is a decent narrator except, when speaking as Fost...

Dry
  • English
  • 15 January 2018
  • Paperback
  • 293 pages
  • 0312423799
  • Augusten Burroughs
  • Dry