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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.
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The Thief's Journal, Jean Genet
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- 1978
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- Title
- The Thief's Journal
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jean Genet
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1978
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Classics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, France, LGBTQ+, French Literature, Memories, Thieves, Robbers, Tangier
- First published
- 1949
- Original title
- Journal du voleur
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- 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.