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Joe (USA: NJ) (2007/11/12):
Very funny book. Dark humor. Kind of weird at times but you'll get a kick out of it.
Susannah (USA: CA) (2010/05/07):
I had to start and stop this a couple times before I got immersed. However, after these few false starts I was finding it very difficult to stop reading. Burroughs' openness with his own reactions to strange experiences - be they terrifying (a rat coming out of his bathtub drain, and his attempts to murder it), awkward (how to say "no" to an imperious and scamming dwarf cleaning woman, or a fan), or touching (after finding love, learning to embrace bizarre domestic allegiances to cleaning products he once shilled in advertising) - felt fresh. Someone referred to his narrative voice as cruel, but I think that's a massive over-simplification of what Burroughs achieves so thoroughly through these stories- baring his distrust and tension towards his surrounding environment (not hedging his ponderings in justifications or any real criticism) he lambasts himself along with everything else that - with his sharp perception and advertiser's turn-of-phrase - so often fails to receive an appropriate laugh. His tone is not that of scorn or real disgust... it's more the fascination of someone picking at a scab. Which, I'm sure, Mr. Burroughs does.
Marianne (Australia) (2010/12/10):
Much better than RWS, better than Dry, lots of LOL!!
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