The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things - J.T. LeRoy
Lies. Lies. Lies. They're all around us. People lying. People claiming to be something they're not. The truth being distorted and grossly manipulated for mere money. Yet, until this second collection from the acclaimed San Francisco author came out, I don't think people really looked at deceit in quite the same way.
Honestly, this is work you might expect from an author in their mid-thirties (or older!) Not that it's completely unthinkable that someone just out of their teens could have written it but there is such a critical distance here that really - it could have as just as easily happened to someone else.
Yes, LeRoy is like a master pupeteer (or whatever) - putting on masks, taking them off, speaking with a funny voice, doing a strange little dance - and we have to profoundly thank the media for bringing this modest, shy writer to our repeated attention.
Honestly, this is work you might expect from an author in their mid-thirties (or older!) Not that it's completely unthinkable that someone just out of their teens could have written it but there is such a critical distance here that really - it could have as just as easily happened to someone else.
Yes, LeRoy is like a master pupeteer (or whatever) - putting on masks, taking them off, speaking with a funny voice, doing a strange little dance - and we have to profoundly thank the media for bringing this modest, shy writer to our repeated attention.
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