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"Brilliant, gifted and profound . . . [JT LeRoy] is the witness to all the tales that go on in the dark, and for all of us, long may he have the courage to remember."--"Vanity Fair"
"JT LeRoy is an authentic wunderkind."--"Los Angeles Times"
"LeRoy's impressive gift is mesmerizing."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Few writers can deliver LeRoy's sense of a child in the hands of angry adults--or handle it with such assurance."--"The Village Voice"
"An eyewitness imagination burns in [LeRoy's] language . . . as vivid as a match held close to the face."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Jeremy LeRoy writes like Flannery O'Connor tied to the bed and plied with angel dust."--Jerry Stahl, author of" Perv: A Love Story and Permanent Midnight"
"Relentlessly brutal and flawlessly scribed . . . LeRoy's prose soars."--"San Francisco Bay Guardian"
"LeRoy's work is a startling achievement in his accelerating mastery of the literary form."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Strong, fierce, hard, and frankly astonishing."--"Kirkus Reviews"
"[LeRoy is] a hungry writer with the instincts of a person who fishes to eat. Once he hooks the reader he doesn't let go."--"Bookforum"

Brilliant, gifted and profound . . . [JT LeRoy] is the witness to all the tales that go on in the dark, and for all of us, long may he have the courage to remember. "Vanity Fair"

JT LeRoy is an authentic wunderkind. "Los Angeles Times"

LeRoy's impressive gift is mesmerizing. "San Francisco Chronicle"

Few writers can deliver LeRoy's sense of a child in the hands of angry adults--or handle it with such assurance. "The Village Voice"

An eyewitness imagination burns in [LeRoy's] language . . . as vivid as a match held close to the face. "The New York Times Book Review"

Jeremy LeRoy writes like Flannery O'Connor tied to the bed and plied with angel dust. "Jerry Stahl, author of Perv: A Love Story and Permanent Midnight"

Relentlessly brutal and flawlessly scribed . . . LeRoy's prose soars. "San Francisco Bay Guardian"

LeRoy's work is a startling achievement in his accelerating mastery of the literary form. "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Strong, fierce, hard, and frankly astonishing. "Kirkus Reviews"

[LeRoy is] a hungry writer with the instincts of a person who fishes to eat. Once he hooks the reader he doesn't let go. "Bookforum""

A harrowing, darkly comic collection of short stories follows a young boy on a difficult journey through the bleak, complex landscape of modern American life. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.