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Title: Tragicomic, minus the comic
Review: I love the work of David Sedaris and similar 'tragicomic' authors and memoirists. We can find in their brave ability to laugh at the horror of what they've endured, some hopeful statement about the absurd nature of the human condition.I read this book in one sitting and, having done so, I didn't feel a bit like "wow that's some zany stuff" rather i felt very sad. Forced attentions from a man double his age, dropping out of school, tons of cigarettes, examination of feces -- it was simply too believable, too real, too harsh.So, in this, I say this is a tragic book told with a survival-required sense of detachment, it's not detached because it's funny, it's detached because the world is so cruel.That said, for other survivors of abuse this may be a great read to find a kindred spirit.
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