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.

奧古斯丁·巴勒斯，齣生於美國一個普通的中産階級傢庭。如果你已讀完《拿著剪刀奔跑》，想必一定會震驚於他那怪異、恐怖而又幽默的成長經曆。現在，他的故事在美國已傢喻戶曉，而且還成為全美國大中專院校的選讀教材。如此轟動的在故事怎麼不讓好萊塢的大牌導演和名星們動心。不久的將來，他的故事就要被搬上銀幕。