Running with Scissors
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. Illustrated by Jan Stomme, jacket photo. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #5171
ISBN: 9780312283704
First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Signed by the author at title page. Traces of shelf wear to dust jacket, Near Fine. Book presents with some bumping to top and ends, Near Fine. In collectible condition.
Controversy followed the release of this title and in 2005, the family centered in the book filed a suit against the writer and his publisher, with allegations of character defamation. The case was settled prior to the release of the film adaptation. When challenged about the validity of the events, Burroughs insisted in his settlement statement: "It's still a memoir, it's marketed as a memoir, they've agreed one hundred percent that it is a memoir." Burroughs did agree to call his release a "book" rather than a memoir. In a 2016 interview with Goodreads, Burroughs describes his childhood as "an endless series of punches, of traumas...I just became psychologically athletic." His titles often center around bittersweet humor and surviving unstable childhoods.
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