Dry
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Dry
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Augusten Burroughs
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:304 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 126 |
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Category/Genre | Biographies and autobiography |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780733618871
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Classifications | Dewey:362.29 362.29 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Hachette Australia
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Imprint |
Hachette Australia
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Publication Date |
1 July 2004 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
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.
Author Biography
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.
ReviewsIf 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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