>drawn to the (manufactured) "grit" and "raw authenticity" that
>Leroy represented.
But the writing was more like Genet than Dickens. Less grit than poetic transformation. But now I don't even hold a grudging admiration for impressive writing. Like I said before, this seems beyond the pale to me. It's like the Smiths song "that joke isn't funny anymore...it's too close to home and it's too near the bone....more than you'll ever know"