num_pages: 224
description: Writing in the intensely lyrical prose style that is his trademark, the man Jean Cocteau dubbed France's 'Black Prince of Letters' her reconstructs his early adult years- time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond, traveling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across the rest of Europe, always one step ahead of the authorities.
language: English
title: The Thief's Journal
titlecomplete: The Thief's Journal
genres: Literature, 20th Century, LGBT, Queer, Novels, Gay, French Literature, Fiction, Classics, France
ratings_count: 4292
places: Spain, Antwerp, Belgium, Barcelona, Catalonia
publisher: Penguin Group