by J. T. Leroy · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439709008
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«Sarah» is the literary and psychological fiction novel by J. T. Leroy, published by Grijalbo Mondadori Sa in paperback (169 pages, in Spanish).
Cherry Vanilla, aged twelve, aspires to be the most sought-after prostitute at a service station. Her mother, Sarah, is her idol and rival; when she adopts her name under the tutelage of pimp Glad, she discovers the dangers of the trade. Narrated with black humour, the novel portrays drifting characters and a desperate experience.
Translation by Gemma Rovira Ortega. The original work was published in 2000; this Spanish edition, in 2002.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and LGBT fiction seeking raw stories about identity and marginality.
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy, or simply JT LeRoy, is a literary persona created in the 1990s by American writer Laura Albert. LeRoy was presented as the author of three books of fiction, which were purportedly semi-autobiographical accounts by a teenage boy of his experiences of poverty, drug use, and emotional and sexual abuse in his childhood and adolescence from rural West Virginia to California. Albert wrote these works, and communicated with people in the persona of LeRoy via phone and e-mail. Following the release of the first novel Sarah, Albert's sibling-in-law Savannah Knoop began to make public appearances as the supposed writer. The works attracted considerable literary and celebrity attention, and the authenticity of LeRoy has been a subject of debate, even as details of the creation came to light in the 2000s.
