Jean Genet: A Biography of Deceit 1910-1951

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Jean Genet's intriguing legend assumes new but reduced dimensions when confronted with the revelations of acquaintances and official criminal, medical and military records, here published for the first time. The fiction of the disadvantaged early childhood contributes to the gulling of Sartre. The clever thief is found to be a vagrant bumbler, an associate of ne'er-do-wells. The intimate of celebrated criminals is but a distant fancier of their depravity. And this exceptional talent, this touted modern-day Villon, Verlaine and Rimbaud, received no presidential pardon for literary merit.

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Harry E. Stewart

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«The most impressive element of the research done by Stewart and McGregor is the thoroughness of their work. Seeking to piece together and add to virtually every biographical detail about Genet's life that has been mentioned by critics such as Sartre, Coe, Thody, Knapp, Aslan, and others, Stewart and McGregor have destroyed the myths, updated the data, and discovered new documents that, when compiled, chronicle Genet's definitive biography. ... The book, essential reading for scholars of modern drama, is a well-written and carefully edited biography that will be used as an important reference tool for years to come.» (Gene A. Plunka, South Atlantic Review)
«Stewart and McGregor's examination of the archives has unearthed biographical facts every bit as interesting as Genet's autobiographical fictions; and their impeccably researched study definitely puts to rest Genet's 'légende dorée'. ... The authors' findings will provide readers with a deeper understanding of Genet as both man and writer.» (Robert Sandarg, Romance Quarterly)

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