num_pages: 268
description: 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 reconstructs his early adult years - time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond, traveling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across to the rest of Europe, always trying to stay one step ahead of the authorities.
language: English
title: The Thief's Journal
titlecomplete: The Thief's Journal
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Queer, Classics, Novels, LGBT, France, Fiction, French Literature, Gay
ratings_count: 4293
places: Barcelona, Catalonia, Antwerp, Spain, Belgium
publisher: Grove Press