'This biography is elegant meticulous and wholly satisfying' Sunday Telegraph 20030402
Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1940. He teaches at Princeton University. He is an officer of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres.
Edmund White has done a scrupulous job in uncovering the truth-His
best achievement is to analyse and evaluate Genet's contribution to
literature and to clarify his originality. He points up his
inspired verbal invention and dense, impacted prose with many a
felicitous quotation. This biography is elegant meticulous and
wholly satisfying
*Sunday Telegraph*
A superb introduction to the great novelist and playwright,
vagabond, thief and convict, and to the brutal childhood from which
he mined his remarkable vision
*Sunday Times*
'White's Genet is well written and clearly argues throughout-As an
orthodox monument to an unorthodox man, Genet is unlikely to be
surpassed' Guardian
*Guardian*
The NBCC Award-winning biography of Genet will be released in paperback in conjunction with two of White's novels, The Beautiful Room Is Empty ($11 ISBN -75540-3) and Forgetting Elena ($10 ISBN -75573-X). (Oct.)
Edmund White has done a scrupulous job in uncovering the truth-His
best achievement is to analyse and evaluate Genet's contribution to
literature and to clarify his originality. He points up his
inspired verbal invention and dense, impacted prose with many a
felicitous quotation. This biography is elegant meticulous and
wholly satisfying * Sunday Telegraph *
A superb introduction to the great novelist and playwright,
vagabond, thief and convict, and to the brutal childhood from which
he mined his remarkable vision -- J G Ballard * Sunday Times *
'White's Genet is well written and clearly argues
throughout-As an orthodox monument to an unorthodox man,
Genet is unlikely to be surpassed' Guardian * Guardian *
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