| Author: The JT Leroy Story is a documentary about a hoax that rocked the literary world in 2006. Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig, the film is full of jaw-dropping revelations, multiple fictions, role playing, and complicated psychological gamesmanship. Like many people, including the director, I had not heard about the scandal, though when it erupted it was deemed the “literary hoax of the century.” In 1999, JT Leroy published Sara, a horrific story of a young boy, a homeless runaway and drug addict, who worked as truck-stop prostitute in San Francisco. Ultimately, Sara is a story of ... READ ON !! |