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Dry

A Memoir

Author: Augusten Burroughs  

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Young, good-looking and raking in the cash as a successful advertising executive, Augusten has everything going for him...except for his drinking.DRY is his hilarious and moving account of coming off the booze and attempting to live his drunken life sober. It's also a story of love, loss and Starbucks as a higher power.

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Young, good-looking and raking in the cash as a successful advertising executive, Augusten has everything going for him...except for his drinking.DRY is his hilarious and moving account of coming off the booze and attempting to live his drunken life sober. It's also a story of love, loss and Starbucks as a higher power.

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Young, good-looking and raking in the cash as a successful advertising executive, Augusten has everything going for him...except for his drinking.

DRY is his hilarious and moving account of coming off the booze and attempting to live his drunken life sober. It's also a story of love, loss and Starbucks as a higher power.

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Critic Reviews

“If anything Dry is even more compelling than Burroughs first outing... - Time AustraliaBurroughs is a writer who lures you in and keeps you in his thrall - Sunday TelegraphVery funny, sad, poignant and absolutely original - Daily TelegraphBurroughs writes brilliantly with an effortless energy, wit and honesty - Sydney Morning HeraldBurroughs gift is for being both comic and poignant - Adelaide Advertisera stylish memoir about a messy life - Who Weekly”

If anything Dry is even more compelling than Burroughs first outing... - Time Australia

Burroughs is a writer who lures you in and keeps you in his thrall - Sunday Telegraph

Very funny, sad, poignant and absolutely original - Daily Telegraph

Burroughs writes brilliantly with an effortless energy, wit and honesty - Sydney Morning Herald

Burroughs gift is for being both comic and poignant - Adelaide Advertiser

a stylish memoir about a messy life - Who Weekly

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About the Author

Augusten Burroughs has been an advertising copywriter since the age of 19. Augusten's father is the head of the Philosophy Department at University of Massachusetts. He describes his mother as a 'mad lesbian poet of the Anne Sexton generation.' Burroughs never completed any formal education after the third grade. He's held jobs as a dog trainer and a candy-store clerk (fired for stealing) and failed as a male model. He is the author of The New York Times bestselling Running with Scissors and Sellevision. He lives in New York City.

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Young, good-looking and raking in the cash as a successful advertising executive, Augusten has everything going for him...except for his drinking.DRY is his hilarious and moving account of coming off the booze and attempting to live his drunken life sober. It's also a story of love, loss and Starbucks as a higher power.

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Product Details

Publisher
Hachette Australia
Published
1st July 2004
Pages
304
ISBN
9780733618871

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