“[
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
] is a fascinating book, a book that instantly stirs the emotions and involves the readers in the lives of the people. It did not take long for the judgments to come fast and furious. That’s what can be so deceitful about this book: you get so caught up in the circumstances and lives of the people you can easily overlook the quality of the writing, which is exceptional. One of the reasons this book is so powerful and effective is because it is beautifully structured and written. JT LeRoy should have a most remarkable future as a writer.”
—Hubert Selby, Jr., author of
Last Exit to Brooklyn
“An eyewitness’s imagination burns in his language, which is not lyrical but as vivid as a match held close to the face.”
—The New York Times
“JT’s stories are like stitches, like exit wounds, dispatches, depositions. He is the brilliant, gifted, and profound fly on the wall.”
—Tom Waits
“I’m reading
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
by JT LeRoy. It’s blowing my mind, just the directness of the prose.”
—Bono Vox (U2)
“Good Lord, what a book! JT LeRoy’s writing is savagely authentic and appallingly beautiful. They don’t make ’em like this anymore. Christ, he’s good. He’s a born writer.”
-John Waters, writer/director of
Pink Flamingos
“JT Leroy has succeeded in writing the perfect novel.”
—Shirley Manson (Garbage)
“LeRoy’s work is a startling achievement in his accelerating mastery of the literary form.”
—Publishers Weekly
“LeRoy manages to write simply about the most tangled of emotions -- and to describe, without hatred or self-pity, the most monstrous of deeds.”
—Newsweek
“I read
Sarah
in one sitting. It was amazing -- very funny, very touching, beautifully written. I read
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
and was completely blown away by it, more so even than
Sarah
. I thought it was going to be short stories but
Heart
’s a novel. Wow. I’m in awe.”
—Poppy Z. Brite, author of
Lost Souls
and
Liquor