I have read all his published work and enjoyed it immensely. You should know that there is some question, including a lawsuit, regarding how factual his depiction of his life with his therapist's family is. I haven't let that diminish my pleasure in his writing. And, if you truly enjoyed Running With Scissors, I can't recommend the movie version, as I found it quite disappointing.
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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS the book not the movie
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actually the lawsuit is about fact/fiction. The family members are suing over Right to Privacy. They feel he violated theirs by publishing intimate details about life in the house/family. BTW---I read the book a few years ago, and loved it. 
krfflyer
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Loved the book, and everything else he has written. Read about the lawsuit in Vanity Fair, and also heard his mother in an interview on NPR (she sounds completely anceint now). Apparently there is a lot of gross exaggeration in the book, and the family that he lived with has said that he made them look weird/crazy and they are very upset.
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I really liked RWS but then i attmpted to read his second book (drawing a blank), and didnt find it as entertaining... but i still finished it... so it wasnt THAT bad...
Dry was also very good, although pretty depressing, as compared to RWS which was hysterical.
According to Wikopedia, "Upon settlement of the Running With Scissors case in August of 2007, Burroughs stated, "I consider this not only a personal victory but a victory for all memoirists. I still maintain that the book is an entirely accurate memoir, and that it was not fictionalized or sensationalized in any way. I did not embellish or invent elements. We had a very strong case because I had the truth on my side.
Contrary to published reports, I did not reveal the family's real name to any journ
alists, and I never intended to hurt their feelings. I was just telling my life story.
To clarify, Running With Scissors is still called a memoir. It always has been a memoir, and the family expressly agreed that it will continue to be called one. I was happy to substitute the one word "book" for "memoir" on the Author's Note page, but it still says "A Memoir" on the cover, and will continue to be truthfully advertised as such. I was also happy to add an additional expression of gratitude to the family in the Acknowledgments, as well as to point out the fact that they remember things differently.
Not one word of the actual memoir itself has been changed or altered in any way. The text is exactly as I wrote it, intended it, and lived it. Running With Scissors was and continues to be the true story of my unusual and remarkable childhood."
Future printings of Running with Scissors contained the following language: Where the Acknowledgements page had read: "Additionally, I would like to thank each and every member of a certain Massachusetts family for taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own," the following was substituted: "Additionally, I would like to thank the real-life members of the family portrayed in this book for taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own. I recognize that their memories of the events described in this book are different than my own. They are each fine, decent, and hard-working people. The book was not intended to hurt the family. Both my publisher and I regret any unintentional harm resulting from the publishing and marketing of Running with Scissors." In addition, on the Author's Note page (but, as the family agreed, nowhere else) the word "book" replaced the word "memoir." The book is still described as a memoir on the cover, title page and elsewhere, per the family's agreement."
According to Wikopedia, "Upon settlement of the Running With Scissors case in August of 2007, Burroughs stated, "I consider this not only a personal victory but a victory for all memoirists. I still maintain that the book is an entirely accurate memoir, and that it was not fictionalized or sensationalized in any way. I did not embellish or invent elements. We had a very strong case because I had the truth on my side.
Contrary to published reports, I did not reveal the family's real name to any journ
alists, and I never intended to hurt their feelings. I was just telling my life story.
To clarify, Running With Scissors is still called a memoir. It always has been a memoir, and the family expressly agreed that it will continue to be called one. I was happy to substitute the one word "book" for "memoir" on the Author's Note page, but it still says "A Memoir" on the cover, and will continue to be truthfully advertised as such. I was also happy to add an additional expression of gratitude to the family in the Acknowledgments, as well as to point out the fact that they remember things differently.
Not one word of the actual memoir itself has been changed or altered in any way. The text is exactly as I wrote it, intended it, and lived it. Running With Scissors was and continues to be the true story of my unusual and remarkable childhood."
Future printings of Running with Scissors contained the following language: Where the Acknowledgements page had read: "Additionally, I would like to thank each and every member of a certain Massachusetts family for taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own," the following was substituted: "Additionally, I would like to thank the real-life members of the family portrayed in this book for taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own. I recognize that their memories of the events described in this book are different than my own. They are each fine, decent, and hard-working people. The book was not intended to hurt the family. Both my publisher and I regret any unintentional harm resulting from the publishing and marketing of Running with Scissors." In addition, on the Author's Note page (but, as the family agreed, nowhere else) the word "book" replaced the word "memoir." The book is still described as a memoir on the cover, title page and elsewhere, per the family's agreement."
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I loved the book (and all of his others) but didn't care for the movie version.
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I really liked Running With Scissors, although there are a couple of inconsistencies in the story. It's been a while since I read it, so I don't remember examples, but I it had something to do with his boyfriend.
I liked Dry a lot, but it gets a little preachy at times. When I read the story for the book after that, I wasn't interested at all because it sounded like it was just his story again from yet another angle and I feel like I already know enough about his life. I know he has another book that is a completely original story...I'm interested in reading that and seeing what he does with total fiction.
I liked Dry a lot, but it gets a little preachy at times. When I read the story for the book after that, I wasn't interested at all because it sounded like it was just his story again from yet another angle and I feel like I already know enough about his life. I know he has another book that is a completely original story...I'm interested in reading that and seeing what he does with total fiction.