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Title: Chris Robison Reinvents His Name, Life
Review: Untrustworthy, poorly written and with every other sentence calculated for maximum shock/funny value, this obviously fictionalized memoir leaves me totally puzzled. I can understand why 20-somethings would find this work wild and outrageous, but people who should know better seem to embrace it as well. Most disturbing is that 'Augusten Burroughs' (the name is also made-up) took a bona-fide troubled childhood, filtered it through a commercial copywriter's sensibility and transformed it into a glib, Sedaris-like (albeit third-rate Sedaris) rollercoaster ride of non-stop jolts and outrages. The experience is ultimately tiring. It appears Burroughs is primed to crank out many more years of "true stories" but discriminating readers will opt for more grown-up writing.
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