Running with Scissors

Augusten Burroughs

ISBN 10: 0312283709 / ISBN 13: 9780312283704

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

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Signed by the author at title page. Traces of shelf wear to dust jacket, Near Fine. Book presents with some bumping to top and ends, Near Fine. In collectible condition. Controversy followed the release of this title and in 2005, the family centered in the book filed a suit against the writer and his publisher, with allegations of character defamation. The case was settled prior to the release of the film adaptation. When challenged about the validity of the events, Burroughs insisted in his settlement statement: "It's still a memoir, it's marketed as a memoir, they've agreed one hundred percent that it is a memoir." Burroughs did agree to call his release a "book" rather than a memoir. In a 2016 interview with Goodreads, Burroughs describes his childhood as "an endless series of punches, of traumas.I just became psychologically athletic." His titles often center around bittersweet humor and surviving unstable childhoods.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Running with Scissors
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312283709
• ISBN 13: 9780312283704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jan Stomme; jacket photo
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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.