Sellevision
A Novel

Not a good reader for this particular book. Read it - don't listen.

This book revolves around various people who worked or used to work for Sellevision, Burroughs version of the Home Shopping Network. Max, who is fired for an accidental penis-exposure on air, is searching for a new job. Peggy Jean is a perfectly coiffed, God-fearing, church-going, proper wife and mot......more

Well, after reading several of Burroughs’ works, I can’t say I have an overly high opinion of his contributions. When I first asked a friend who this Burroughs person was and if I’d enjoy reading him, they told me that he was similar to David Sedaris and that if I liked Sedaris, I’d like Burroughs.......more

I am not a fan of Augusten Burroughs. I think I can specifically remember the moment when I decided this. I was standing behind the counter at the Borders I was working for at the time reading Dry, Burroughs' retelling of his time as an Ad Exec and alcoholic, when I read a paragraph that struck me a......more

I liked this book quite a bit, but it had two pretty big problems. 1. There are too many characters for so small a book. It was only towards about page 180 that I figured out that Trish and Leigh were two different people. I had somehow combined them into one super character in my head until that poi......more

I originally gave this book a 3 star rating but, as I was writing my review, I realized that all of my complaints were actually just proofs-of-concept. I wanted to complain about shallow characters that I didn’t connect with but the book’s called “Sellevision” and it’s about superficiality and consu......more