In the title story, his wish for the demise of a moody, potty-mouthed boss is granted, though not by means of a moving bus, as he would have liked. And in "Debby's Requirements," a dwarfish, passive-aggressive cleaning lady takes the unsuspecting author to court- his response to the complaint is a gem.īurroughs is a proponent of "magical thinking," the belief- some readers might argue superstition- that a person can control the world with his mind. "Telemarketing Revenge" reveals a hilarious, if perhaps pornographically over-the-top, solution for those annoyingly relentless dinner-hour callers. In "I Dated an Undertaker," a steamy sexual act is performed in the onetime viewing room for Rose Kennedy's wake. A Ruthlessly Funny, Compelling, Genuine Delight to ReadĪugusten Burroughs delivers another ruthlessly funny, compelling read in his memoir, "Magical Thinking." Following his two startlingly honest best-sellers, Running with Scissors (2002) and Dry (2003), the self-described "alcoholic, high-school dropout raised in a cult by a crazy psychiatrist" unleashes a brand-new collection of real-life tales in which he extracts hilarity from every shred of his own warped experience.
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