• Culture
  • 10 Feb 06
JT and me
JT and me
Author JT Leroy during a reading of her book 'The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things' at Foyles Bookstore on Charing Cross Road, central London Monday 11 April 2005, to celebrate its UK premiere at the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA
Peter Murphy
By: Peter Murphy

He was a literary sensation, a writer with the outlaw charm of a rock star. But when rumours began to circulate that JT LeRoy was nothing more than a post-modern media prank, Peter Murphy, a friend and confidante, found himself caught up in an extraordinary story.

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