Our Lady of the Flowers

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Our Lady of the Flowers, often considered Genet's masterpiece, was written in the cell of a French prison where he was being held for theft. Here is the darker side of Montmartre, a world of pimps, thieves, prostitutes, queens and blackmailers, where 'morality' in the common sense of the word has no meaning. The story of Divine, a drag-queen prostitute, is interwoven with that of one of his lovers, a young man due to be arrested for murder. A story of sex, crime and death, Our Lady of the Flowers is a powerful and original debut novel, which put Genet into the front rank of French writers.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780571340828
Published: March 2019

Number of pages: 320
Width: 130 mm
Height: 200 mm
Depth: 18 mm

Publisher: Faber & Faber