Querelle of Brest (Faber Classics)

by Jean Genet

G. Streatham (Translator)

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Jean Genet's notorious novel follows a young sailor at large in the fetid, stinking Port of Brest. Querelle is an assassin, dealer in opium, homosexual, thief and traitor. His encounters with the Port's inhabitants - his superior officer, Lt Seblon, Mario, the brothel-keeper's husband, a murderer in hiding - lead to a series of violent and shocking adventures.
  • ISBN13 9780571203673
  • Publish Date 20 March 2000
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Out of Print 14 March 2007
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Faber & Faber
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Language English