Running with Scissors

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Running with Scissors is a darkly comic memoir by Augusten Burroughs, later adapted into a film, that chronicles his chaotic and unconventional childhood.

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instanceOf book
film
literary work
memoir
author Augusten Burroughs NERFINISHED
awardNomination Lambda Literary Award NERFINISHED
basedOn Running with Scissors NERFINISHED
castMember Alec Baldwin NERFINISHED
Annette Bening NERFINISHED
Brian Cox NERFINISHED
Gwyneth Paltrow NERFINISHED
Jill Clayburgh NERFINISHED
controversy lawsuit by the Turcotte family
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
surface form: United States
director Ryan Murphy NERFINISHED
genre autobiography
black comedy
comedy-drama
dark comedy
memoir
hasAdaptation Running with Scissors (film) NERFINISHED
language English
English
leadActor Joseph Cross NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Augusten Burroughs NERFINISHED
Augusten Burroughs NERFINISHED
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective first-person
producer Brad Pitt NERFINISHED
Dede Gardner NERFINISHED
Ryan Murphy NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2002
publisher St. Martin's Press NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2006
screenwriter Ryan Murphy NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 1970s
1980s
settingPlace Massachusetts NERFINISHED
subjectMatter addiction
childhood
coming of age
dysfunctional family
mental illness
tone darkly comic
satirical

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Jill Clayburgh notableWork Running with Scissors