Harold's End (Signed First Edition)

J.T. LeRoy (aka Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy, aka Laura Albert); Dave Eggers (introduction)

ISBN 10: 0867196149 / ISBN 13: 9780867196146

Published by Last Gasp, San Francisco, 2004

About this Item

San Francisco: Last Gasp [2004]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New in decorated boards. Issued without dust jacket. SIGNED BY "AUTHOR" on title page at an event in San Francisco. Throughout the 1990s, virtually no one had ever glimpsed the reclusive author. Then, in 2001, a person wearing a wig and sunglasses began appearing in public, claiming to be LeRoy. It revealed in 2005 that LeRoy's purported public appearances in wig and sunglasses were made by Albert's sibling-in-law Savannah Knoop. In 2008, Savannah Knoop published a memoir, Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy, about their six-year career as an impersonator. A very fine copy in all respects, pristine and unread. Seller Inventory # Pig93

Bibliographic Details

Title: Harold's End (Signed First Edition)

Publisher: Last Gasp, San Francisco

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Cherry Hood

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

A disturbing autobiographical portrait of the world of young male hustlers in San Francisco, involving a boy and his pet snail, Harold. With the beautiful watercolor images of acclaimed Australian artist Cherry Hood--known for her haunting portraits of adolescent boys--this harrowing novella lays bare the angst and sexual confusion of a new generation of lost boys.

Review:

""LeRoy depicts his ill-begotten characters as tenderly as Jean Genet, and delineates their acts of sadism and self-mutilation as unsparingly as A.M. Homes"