Dry
Subtitle: A Memoir
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: June 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780312272050
Subjects: Burroughs, Augusten; Social life and customs; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.); Biography / Autobiography; United States; American Essays; New York (State); Biography & Autobiography; Literary; Biography/Autobiography; Copy writers; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / General; Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism; Recovery; Reading Group Guide; Novelists, American; Alcohol use; New York; 20th century; Advertising agencies; Biography
First sentence: Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life.