This biography of Genet explores the perverse extremes of his life and writing, and separates the fact from the mythology which was fostered by Genet himself. The book includes interviews with lovers, friends, publishers and acquaintances.This biography of Genet explores the perverse extremes of his life and writing, and separates the fact from the mythology which was fostered by Genet himself. The book includes interviews with lovers, friends, publishers and acquaintances. Winner of Writer's Guild / Macallan Award Non-Fiction Category 1994. Short-listed for Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1995.