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The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (Paperback)

by J.T. LeRoy (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 260 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (20 Aug 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747554234
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747554233
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 146,860 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Not for the fainthearted, these few raw pages constitute a breathtaking debut.' Guardian; 'Extraordinary - LeRoy writes with astonishing flair and confidence...' Sunday Telegraph; '...impossible to forget.' New Statesman; '...a wonderfully executed journey into strange and unforgettable territory.' Big Issue; '...a beautiful, scary, sad and funny book.' The Face; 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert meets William Burroughs.' Esquire


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Featuring a series of loosely connected autobiographical stories, they describe the disturbing relationship between a mother and her adolescent son as she moves from lover to lover, dressing him as a girl and forcing him to shoplift. These are shocking stories of abusive love and dysfunctional sexuality, of heartbreak and of innocence lost. Once again, LeRoy's fantastical imagination and lyricism twists his haunted past into something utterly strange and magical.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fierce, astonishing, huge, - if deceitful - heart, 22 Aug 2001
By Nick (London, England) - See all my reviews
Ha! Since I first wrote an amazon review of this, 'JT Leroy' has been 'outed' as a made-up front for a husband and wife writing team who pulled off a scam that got bigger than they ever expected. IT DOESN'T MATTER. Real person or not, autobiographical fiction or entirely made-up, 'his' writing, in this collection and the possibly even better novel "Sarah", is far too raw not to be, at least on some level, truthful. Even if 'his' subject matters - abuse, gender confusion, child whoredom, desperacy for love - weren't so inflammatory, the language and vividness of spirit would still make these books blistering reads.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unable to put down., 15 Jun 2006
By K. Hercberg "Grumbling Teenager" (Cumbria, U.K) - See all my reviews
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I haven't actually bought this book but I borrowed it from my library, doing the usual picking a book by its cover.

At first I thought this book was going nowhere but I actually couldn't put the book down. It was immensly moving, had me in tears at some points. The characters may seem a little melodramatic however they are relatable to. Although at some points I found the story a little jumpy and confusing, carry on reading and it makes it more sense. I found it thoroughly enjoyable. The story is very shocking though, and the innocent minded may not like it.

I was unaware the book was a cult classic but after reading it I can see why.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Heart..., 5 Nov 2005
I decided to read this book when I found out about the movie of it on a different website and I am glad I did. I couldn't put this book down and is definitely worth reading! I will probably end up reading this book again and I completely reccomend it!
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