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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-fuelled madness.
Told in spare, lyrical prose, rich with imagination and dark humour, '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.
This is a reissue of the bestselling collection by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert - published to coincide with the new Jeff Feuerzeig documentary 'Author: The JT LeRoy Story'
Author: JT LeRoy
Paperback, 288 Pages, Orig. Publ. 2001, This Edition Publ. October 2016.