Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor's bizarre family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The story of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull an electroshock- therapy machine could provide entertainment. The funny, harrowing and bestselling account of an ordinary boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
奥古斯丁·巴勒斯，出生于美国一个普通的中产阶级家庭。如果你已读完《拿着剪刀奔跑》，想必一定会震惊于他那怪异、恐怖而又幽默的成长经历。现在，他的故事在美国已家喻户晓，而且还成为全美国大中专院校的选读教材。如此轰动的在故事怎么不让好莱坞的大牌导演和名星们动心。不久的将来，他的故事就要被搬上银幕。