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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Jul 26, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: memoir
I remember reading this book when it first came out; I hated it. Since then, I've read Dry and Magical Thinking by the same author and I seem to have completely changed my feelings about Burroughs. I have renewed sympathy for him, the byproduct of negligent parents, our consumer-driven society, a frighteningly destructive psychiatrist, and a pedophile.

I was so taken with the book, in fact, that I received it today and read it all in one sitting.
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