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Priya - you are 100% right
Running with Scissors reads like a tawdry ABC after-school special. Sure - the situations are somewhat entertaining and humerous, but the writing is just poor, poor, poor and lacks any depth or nuance. I don't really have anything against Burroughs, but it disheartens me when such mediocre works are so overhyped. And comparing Burroughs to Sedaris is like comparing Dan Brown to Umberto Eco. I can't help rolling my eyes when people start talking about how good "The DaVinci Code" was -- a book that reads like a bad Hollywood action movie.
So from one unabashed literary snob to another -- Priya you are 100% right.