The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet

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, travelling through Spain and Antwerp, occasionally border hopping across the rest of Europe, always one step ahead of the authorities. 

Grove Press 1990s paperback edition in great condition, see photos.