Mac's review
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
I'm with you Mac. How many descriptions of trees, leaves and various interpretations of the sky did Burroughs have to include to make his publishing deadline?
Mac's review
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Mac's review
rating:
I love everything else Augusten Burroughs has written, especially "Dry" and "Sellivision", but this one just didn't seem to be up to his usual standards. As I was reading it,I kept wondering if he got behind deadline for the next book he owed his publisher and came up with this at the last minute. There was also a certain "so what" factor that seemed to permeate the whole concept. His father was a particularly unpleasant person; so what? One of the things that makes AB such a joy to read is his rapacious wit in the face of great emotional pain but this book is without a scintilla of wit or any of his usual self directed humor.
I'm with you Mac. How many descriptions of trees, leaves and various interpretations of the sky did Burroughs have to include to make his publishing deadline?