The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Summary

The classic JT LeRoy story collection is now available in audio for the first time ever, featuring 11 previously uncollected stories, including one never before published, and an all-star line-up of 21 narrators.  “Beautifully structured and written.” (Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to Brooklyn)  This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness.  Told in spare, lyrical prose, rich with imagination and dark humor, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things transforms the savagery of Jeremiah’s world into an indelible experience of compassion.  Foreword written and read by Jeff Feuerzeig. Narrators include: Christelle de Castro, Donovan Leitch, Laura Desiree, Kerris Dorsey, Julie Mintz, Winsome Brown, Michael Imperioli, Libby Mintz, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Darnell Martin, Laura Albert, Lawrence Rothman, Paul Mendez, Pamela Sneed, Shirley Manson, Laila Hayani, SOKO, Alissa Bennett, Daniel Newman, and Robin Weigert.

©2001 J T LeRoy. Previously unpublished stories © 2016 by Dove’s Diner, Inc. Foreword © 2016 by Jeff Feuerzeig (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing