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Violence
A lot
Violence and murder are central plot elements
Language
A lot
Explicit language throughout
Sexual Content
Very heavy
Graphic explicit sexual content, primarily gay male; central to the work
Substance Use
Some
Drug use and criminal milieu
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Transgression as spiritual experience; the novel reimagines sin as ecstasy
What this book is about
Genet wrote this debut novel while imprisoned, using scraps of paper hidden from guards. It follows Divine, a male prostitute in Montmartre, and the murderers and criminals who populate her world. Famously explicit in its depiction of gay sexuality and Parisian underworld life, the novel is considered a landmark of French literature and queer writing.
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Graphic explicit sexual content (gay)
Violence and murder
Drug use
Transgressive literary themes
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