1980, ISBN: 9781596919457

These are the stories of a young boy on the run, away from his past, hellbent towards an unknown future. Connected, they form a sometimes harrowing, sometimes bleakly funny, and often tou… Mehr…

These are the stories of a young boy on the run, away from his past, hellbent towards an unknown future. Connected, they form a sometimes harrowing, sometimes bleakly funny, and often touchingly tender portrait of a complicated life. Like a modern-day Voltaire, LeRoy bounces his characters from adventure to adventure, each of them unyielding in the belief that the best of all possible worlds lies just around the next corner. Fresh, raw, and absolutely unforgettable, The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things has further established the acclaimed author of Sarah as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary fiction. JT LeRoy was born in 1980. He is the author of the novel Sarah . First published at the age of sixteen, he has also written article and stories for Spin, Nerve, NY Press, The Stranger , and several anthologies, under the pseudonym Terminator. He lives in San Francisco. 'LeRoy's work is a startling achievement in his accelerating mastery of the literary form.' - Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'PowerfulLeRoy manages to write simply about the more tangled of emotions - and to describe, without hatred or self-pity, the most monstrous of deeds.' - Newsweek 'Brilliant, gifted, and profound[JT LeRoy] is the witness to all the tales that go on in the dark, and for all of us, long may he have the courage to remember' - Vanity Fair 'LeRoy's impressive grit is mesmerizing.' - San Francisco Chronicle 'Strong, fierce, hard, and frankly astonishing.' - Kirkus 'Relentlessly brutal and flawlessly scribed LeRoy's prose soars.' - San Francisco Bay Guardian The extraordinary stories that brought the author a cult following at the age of sixteen. eBook<

1980, ISBN: 9781596919457

These are the stories of a young boy on the run, away from his past, hellbent towards an unknown future. Connected, they form a sometimes harrowing, sometimes bleakly funny, and often tou… Mehr…

These are the stories of a young boy on the run, away from his past, hellbent towards an unknown future. Connected, they form a sometimes harrowing, sometimes bleakly funny, and often touchingly tender portrait of a complicated life. Like a modern-day Voltaire, LeRoy bounces his characters from adventure to adventure, each of them unyielding in the belief that the best of all possible worlds lies just around the next corner. Fresh, raw, and absolutely unforgettable, The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things has further established the acclaimed author of Sarah as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary fiction. JT LeRoy was born in 1980. He is the author of the novel Sarah . First published at the age of sixteen, he has also written article and stories for Spin, Nerve, NY Press, The Stranger , and several anthologies, under the pseudonym Terminator. He lives in San Francisco. 'LeRoy's work is a startling achievement in his accelerating mastery of the literary form.' - Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'PowerfulLeRoy manages to write simply about the more tangled of emotions - and to describe, without hatred or self-pity, the most monstrous of deeds.' - Newsweek 'Brilliant, gifted, and profound[JT LeRoy] is the witness to all the tales that go on in the dark, and for all of us, long may he have the courage to remember' - Vanity Fair 'LeRoy's impressive grit is mesmerizing.' - San Francisco Chronicle 'Strong, fierce, hard, and frankly astonishing.' - Kirkus 'Relentlessly brutal and flawlessly scribed LeRoy's prose soars.' - San Francisco Bay Guardian The extraordinary stories that brought the author a cult following at the age of sixteen. eBook<