A timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story. 'A startling achievement' Publishers Weekly This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As ...
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A timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story. 'A startling achievement' Publishers Weekly This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness. Told in spare, lyrical prose, rich with imagination and dark humor, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things transforms the savagery of Jeremiah's world into an indelible experience of compassion. This special edition includes an additional seven stories, previously uncollected, by JT LeRoy, the literary persona of Laura Albert.
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Add this copy of The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things: Stories to cart. $26.79, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Harper Perennial.
Add this copy of The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things to cart. $27.02, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Bloomsbury USA.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Fiction. 8vo. Signed Fourth Printing (2001. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 247 pages. Signed by author on title page, "J. T. LeRoy." The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. JT LeRoy is a literary persona created in the 1990s by American writer Laura Albert. LeRoy was presented as the author of three books of fiction, which were purportedly semi-autobiographical accounts by a teenage boy of his experiences of poverty, drug use, and emotional and sexual abuse in his childhood and adolescence from rural West Virginia to California. Albert wrote these works, and communicated with people in the persona of LeRoy via phone and e-mail. Following the release of the first novel Sarah, Albert's sibling-in-law Savannah Knoop began to make public appearances as the supposed writer. The works attracted considerable literary and celebrity attention, and the authenticity of LeRoy has been a subject of debate, even as details of the creation came to light in the 2000s. Blue spine/white text. #031586.
Add this copy of The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by Kenneth Mallory, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Decatur, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Bloomsbury.
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Very good. Hardcover. Second Printing. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Signed by LeRoy [or whoever was standing in for LeRoy] on the title page.
Add this copy of The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things: Stories to cart. $55.48, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Harper Perennial.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in near fine condition, faint fraying to end of marker ribbon. DJ in near fine condition and in protective mylar cover. Signed by author "J.T. Leroy".
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after watching the movie, which is one of my favorites, i found out this was originally a book. after reading not even half of the book i had to put it down and walk away, it was much more intense than i had figured it would be. a lot of rape, so beware. maybe just watch the movie instead...
Nims
Apr 27, 2007
Great Book!
What ever the controversy about the author this book is a page turner. I love the journalistic style, the way the story comes to life with out weighing the prose down. I liked it so much it has me searching out more writing by J.T. Leroy. I would and have reccomended it to friends and family and they all agree.
