"One of the most compelling and screamingly funny voices of the new century belongs to Augusten Burroughs. Burroughs is blessed with an offbeat perspective and a viciously uncensored wit, a delight to read." -- USA Today "Augusten Burroughs shows why he is the memoirist-of-the-moment with his harrowing and laugh-out-loud new essay collection, Magical Thinking ." -- Vanity Fair "Ruthlessly funny . deliciously perverse . he extracts something funny from every shred of his own warped experience. Magical Thinking indeed." -- People(four stars) "Sports nuts have Dave Barry, Midwesterners have Garrison Keillor, and the rest of us--gay guys, misfits, those with horrific childhoods--have Burroughs.

He hooks you into a story better than anybody." -- Entertainment Weekly(A-) "Every so often a 'writer's writer' pops up and deliciously ambushes readers--writers like David Sedaris, Larry Brown, and Frank McCourt. Augusten Burroughs deserves membership to this inner circle. Magical Thinking is finely-honed and addicting . Miraculous." -- Rocky Mountain News (Denver) "Deeply satisfying, full of both gleeful one-liners and shocking instances of profound wisdom . There are few writers as outrageously magical or as surprisingly thoughtful as Augusten Burroughs." -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "A literary favorite--right up there with humorists David Sedaris and Laurie Notaro .

Fascinating." -- Boston Herald "Superlatively disturbed . A brand-new collection of deliciously lurid true tales.offer[s] an irresistible display of sanity hanging by a thread." -- Booklist(starred review) "Still wild, sad, funny, tender, and frightening . It's all about the journey. Do go along. Just be sure to pack some tissues for the laughing and the crying.

" -- The Seattle Times.