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The Thief's Journal is perhaps Jean Genet's most authentically autobiographical novel, personifying his quest for spiritual glory through the pursuit of evil. Writing in the intensely lyrical prose style that is his trademark, the man Jean Cocteau dubbed France's "Black Prince of Letters" here... read more

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Convicts' garb is striped pink and white.

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  1. Jean Genet (Author)
  2. Bernard Frechtman (Translator)

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Original Language: French
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Country: France
Publication Date: 1949
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