The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things by J.T.Leroy "Loosley Connected Autobiographical Stories" says the book jacket. They seem to flow in a very conected manner to me, though. These are stories of a boy growing up. Unlike most stories about children, this is not a childrens' book. Jeremiah's story seems very adult. The stories assume that the reader is far less naive than the narrator at the time of the story. The title of the book and one of the stories is from Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" It is an aptly chosen title for these stories, as the boy Jeremiah struggles with what he percieves as his wicked nature, and as his heart continually trusts in the adults who hurt him. The topics repeatedly covered are pain and deceit and sexuality, and all three appear to be the one and same.
Happy reading.
