The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy, (Paperback)

from INTPLibrarian

Fantastic voice, but no story to tell. The story was... just not there. It felt like the whole time I was reading I was waiting for the story to really start. Like the entire book was a... argh, I can't think of the word. Not a forward. A part of the book that's *before* the book starts. Anyway. ...

from nancyewhite

Robert Leleux's memoir begins with his father leaving him and his mother for a pregnant girlfriend. He and his mother, who is flamboyant and narcissistic, comfort themselves with trips to Neiman Marcus and old movies. Before long they are living on returning clothing to high end department stores...

from Jenners26

I'm a huge fan of memoirs -- particularly funny memoirs about messed up childhoods. Think Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs or some of David Sedaris's books about his childhood. This memoir is along those lines, and it was a fun, fast read. Like Sedaris and Burroughs, Mr. LeLeux grows u...

from mikerr

Big (fake) hair, big Texas personalities, big fun. The love child of an Oscar statue and a Texan version of Liz Taylor, Robert Leleux is precocious, pert, penniless, and utterly charming. Candid - sometimes to the cringe point - this memoir is, well, memorable. Enjoy.

from beserene

Book blurb comparisons to Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris set this memoir up to be the next of the glittering gay men's bibles, but Leleux has neither the deep oddity of Burroughs nor the razor wit of Sedaris. There are wonderful moments--the author's familial relationship with Neiman Marcus...