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Possible Side Effects: True Stories

by Augusten Burroughs
As told by: Augusten Burroughs

St. Martin's Press | May 2, 2006 | Hardcover

From the million-copy bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Augusten Burroughs''s most provocative collection yet.
This book is approved for consumption by those seeking pleasure, escape, amusement, enlightenment, or general distraction. This book is not approved to treat disorders such as eBay addiction or incessant blind dating.
 
In studies, some people reported inappropriate, convulsive laughter, a tingling sensation in the limbs, and sudden gasping. Fewer than 1 percent reported narcolepsy.
 
Doll collectors may experience special sensitivity, as may discourteous drivers, candy-company brand managers, and nicotine-gum users.
 
This book has been shown to be especially helpful to those with parents, grandparents, life partners, and incontinent dogs. People with dry, cracked skin have responded well to this book, as have people with certain heart conditions.
 
Do not operate heavy machinery while reading this book, until you know what effects it may have on you.
 
This text is contraindicated in those suffering from certain psychiatric disorders, including---but not limited to---readers afflicted with anhedonia, which is the inability to experience pleasure.
 
Ask your doctor about Possible Side Effects.
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    Rating: 2/5

    Not the Best

    Anonymous

    6 years ago

    Augusten Burroughs is one of my favorite authors. While RUNNING WITH SCISSORS and DRY were two of my favorite books POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS let me down. I didn't have the "I do not want to put this book down" feeling like I did with his previous work. I don't know if I was so worked up to read this but it did disappoint me a bit.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Classic Burroughs

    Anonymous

    6 years ago

    I'm already a big fan, so it was no surprise that I loved his latest work as well. "Possible Side Effects" reads like a wonderful collection of short stories, each one a little gem to be unwrapped. Possibly the best chapters in the book are 'The Wisdom Tooth' and 'GWF Seeks SAME'. Funny, funny stuff!

    If you've never read Augusten Burroughs, start with one of his early works, so you can thoroughly appreciate how this warped genuis grew out of a scary, troubled, childhood.

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