RUNNING WITH SCISSORS [Signed]

Burroughs, Augusten

ISBN 10: 0312283709 / ISBN 13: 9780312283704

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 2002

About this Item

Octavo, 304 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Yellow spine with white and orange stripes and dark red lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$23.95 - $24.95 Can.", and has mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Boards have mild wear along the fore corners and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild adhesive wear along the pastedowns and stains on the head and tail edges. Signed flat by Augusten Burroughs on title page. Shelved Room C. 1387226. Special Collections.

Seller Inventory # 1387226

Bibliographic Details

• Title: RUNNING WITH SCISSORS [Signed]
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312283709
• ISBN 13: 9780312283704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography

About this title

Synopsis

The author of Sellevision describes his bizarre coming-of-age years after his adoption by his mother's psychiatrist, during which he witnessed such misadventures as a fake suicide attempt, a pedophile's life in a barn, and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers. 25,000 first printing.

About the Authors

Augusten Burroughs is the author of Sellevision. He lives in New York City.

Augusten Burroughs is the author of Dry, Magical Thinking: True Stories,Possible Side Effects, A Wolf at the Table and You Better Not Cry. He is also the author of the novelSellevision, which is currently in development for film. The film version ofRunning with Scissors, directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, was released in October 2006 and starred Joseph Cross, Brian Cox, Annette Bening (nominated for a Golden Globe for her role), Alec Baldwin and Evan Rachel Wood. Augusten's writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers around the world including The New York Times and New York Magazine. In 2005 Entertainment Weekly named him one of “The 25 Funniest People in America.” He resides in New York City and Western Massachusetts.