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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Sarahby J. T. LeRoy
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The national bestselling first novel by a virtuoso young talent. Cherry Vanilla, twelve years old with a penchant for short leather skirts and make-up, has one dream: to become the most famous "lot lizard," or truck stop whore, in the business. With his blond curls and his naked ambition he is determined to be more woman than most, and to match his idol, rival, and mother, Sarah. Adopting her name and sex, he heads off into the dangerous and fantastic worlds pocketed away in the West Virginian wilds. On his journey for fame he meets with sinister pimps, luck-restoring Jack-a-lopes, superstitious prostitutes who take him for a saint, and a host of bizarre and beautiful outcasts that make up his unusual, heartbreaking world. Review:"[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...quick, lively, and fascinating." Bookforum Review:"What was William S. Burroughs up to at the age of 20? Perhaps turning out the kind of prose that graces the pages of Sarah, [an] edgy but thoroughly engaging first novel...larger than life...comically Dickensian." San Francisco Chronicle Review:"Deft and imaginative...J. T. LeRoy is astonishingly confident. His language turns the tawdriness of hustling into a world of lyrical and grotesque beauty." The New York Times Book Review Review:"This narrative unfolds in a West Virginia that is wildly imagined, but described with a quiet sureness, and is the source of Sarah's considerable originality....Taking in the baroque, polysexual details of this world, it's hard to separate those that testify to LeRoy's knowledge of trucking hustling, and Appalachian language, food, and wildlife from those that derive from his wonderful ability to just make up beautiful things." Village Voice Synopsis:Now in paperback, this novel creates a haunting, memorable world, strangely reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland. "Sarah" is the story of the prodigal son recast in the carnivalesque world of the highway truck stop and its environs--a poignant, lyrical debut by a young author. About the AuthorJ.T. LeRoy was born in 1980. First published at the age of sixteen, he has since published articles and stories in Spin, Nerve, NY Press, and several anthologies, under the pseudonym Terminator. He lives in San Francisco. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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