{"product_id":"the-memoirs-of-a-beautiful-boy-9780312361693","title":"The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy \u003c\/i\u003eis \u003ci\u003eThe Houston Press\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Houston Book of the Year for 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Dear John letter Daddy left for Mother and me, on a Saturday afternoon in early June 1996, on the inlaid Florentine table in the front entry of our house, which we found that night upon returning from a day spent in the cr me-colored light of Neiman's, Daddy wrote that he was leaving us because Mother was crazy, and because she'd driven me crazy in a way that perfectly suited her own insanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a memoir studded with delicious lines and unforgettable set pieces, Robert Leleux describes his East Texas boyhood and coming of age under the tutelage of his eccentric, bewigged, flamboyant, and knowing mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeft high and dry by Daddy and living on their in-laws' horse ranch in a white-pillared house they can't afford, Robert and Mother find themselves chronically low on cash. Soon they are forced into more modest quarters, and as a teenaged Robert watches with hilarity and horror, Mother begins a desperate regimen of makeovers, extreme plastic surgeries, and finally hairpiece epoxies---all calculated to secure a new, wealthy husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMother's strategy takes her, with Robert in tow, from the glamorous environs of the Neiman Marcus beauty salon to questionable surgery offices and finally to a storefront clinic on the wrong side of Houston. Meanwhile, Robert begins his own journey away from Mother and through the local theater's world of miscast hopefuls and thwarted ambitions---and into a romance that surprises absolutely no one but himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with a warmth and a wicked sense of fun that lighten even the most awful circumstances, \u003ci\u003eThe Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a sparkling debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Leleux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312361693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Leleux\u003c\/b\u003e teaches creative writing in the New York city schools. His nonfiction pieces have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He lives with his husband, Michael Leleux, in Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40042145153139,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a6da1df0-4695-46b2-8960-be7f99183f33.jpg?v=1651014672","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-memoirs-of-a-beautiful-boy-9780312361693","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}