Novels
- Sarah (2000)
- Labour (2008)
Collections
- The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2001)
Novellas
- Harold’s End (2004)
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J T LeRoy Books Overview
Sarah
Sarah is the story of the prodigal son recast in the carnivalesque world of the highway truck stop and its environs. The narrator, an androgynous twelve year old boy, idolizes his mother Sarah, a ‘lot lizard’, or truck stop who*re. He leaves the safety of the lot a perversely idyllic kingdom ruled by Gladening Grateful Etc., a benevolent pimp who sent one of his boys to chef’s school to cook gourmet meals at the truckstop diner on a quest to become as famous as his mother. Adopting her name and sex, ‘Sarah‘ stumbles into dangerous and fantastic worlds pocketed away in the West Virginian wilds. He hitches a ride to the famous luck restoring Jack a lope, is mistaken for a saint and must prove himself by walking on water. When he is captured by LeLoup, Glad’s violent rival, ‘Sarah”s life is all but over. Will he perish at the hands of LeLoup, or will ‘Sarah‘ find his way home?J.T. LeRoy has created a hauntingly memorable world, strangely reminiscent of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. Heartwarming as it is bizarre, beautiful and stunningly original, Sarah heralds the debut of an inimitable new talent.
Labour
A young boy lives with his mother and her good for nothing boyfriend in a small trailer. When a new baby comes along, he must take care of it the best he can, drawing inspiration from a book about the labors of Hercules. Labour is the new novella from acclaimed author JT LeRoy, the second in a series, the first of which was Harold’s End. This volume also features watercolor illustrations from Australian artist Cherry Hood.
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
The extraordinary stories that brought the author a cult following at the age of sixteen. Circulated copies of LeRoy’s handwritten notebook pages brought early attention to the then unpublished author. In print for the first time, these loosely connected autobiographical stories describe the harrowing experiences of a young boy’s life on the run. From the heartbreaking ‘Meteor,’ where he struggles for the attention of his wandering mother, to the paranoia of ‘Coal’ ‘Whenever things feel out of control I know the black coal is doing it, and I know what to do, my mom taught me’ to living on the streets of San Francisco in ‘Natoma Street,’ JT LeRoy’s voice is as lyrical and nuanced as the readers of his acclaimed debut novel Sarah have come to expect. Fresh, raw, and absolutely unforgettable, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things is sure to establish LeRoy as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary fiction.
Harold’s End
The international best selling author of Sarah and The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things presents his new and tremendously moving novella, Harold’s End. A San Francisco street kid hustling to feed his hero*in habit. A middle aged rich guy with an uncommon turn on. Oh yeah, and a snail. The authentic tale uniquely allows the sweetness of childhood to seep through muck in unrivaled literary finesse. Harold’s End features illustrations by Australian artist Cherry Hood.
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