“Augusten Burroughs is very funny. He's sarcastic, a snob, and has a unique world view. This volume finds our hero, after surviving his outrageously bizarre childhood as a twenty-something successful advertising copywriter throwing back a liter of scotch, along with a handful of benadryl, (and who knows what else) every night.
After an intervention by his coworkers he flies off to rehab in Minnesota.
The entire book was insightful and funny; but I thought the first half was the most interesting - where he was boozing and then going through rehab. The second half details a few romances and I had trouble remaining interested. I don't think I am a homophobe - I think my interest would wane just as much if they were hetero romances. But of course you have to finish to find out how it turns out.”
moik wrote this review Friday, October 9 2009.
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