{"product_id":"genet-isbn-9780679754794","title":"Genet","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Winner • A meticulously researched biography of Jean Genet, one of France's most notorious writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dazzling. Genet has found a scrupulous, meticulous chronicler in Edmund White.\" -- Philip Henscher, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed novelist and essayist Edmund White illuminates Genet's experiences in the worlds of crime, homosexuality, politics, and high culture, and gives a compelling analysis of Genet's plays, novels, and essays.'Dazzling. Genet has found a scrupulous, meticulous chronicler in Edmund White.' -- Philip Henscher, The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An absorbing and magisterial biography...a labor of love in every sense. A comparable achievement [is] Richard Ellmann's biography of Oscar Wilde.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- John Bayley, The Evening Standard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Elegant, meticulous and wholly satisfying.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- Brian Masters, The Sunday telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'White has caught the uncatchable man -- the public Genet as well as the recluse: no better praise can be given a biographer.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-- Paul Bailey, The Daily TelegraphEdmund White was born in Cincinnati in 1940. His previous books include Forgetting Elena, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, A Boy's Own Story, Caracole and The Beautiful Room Is Empty. He lives in Paris.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301889560805,"sku":"NP9780679754794","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679754794.jpg?v=1767727921","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/genet-isbn-9780679754794","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}