His premier novel tells of a Parisian prostitute named Divine.
In one novel by this man, the protagonist befriends Gil Turko to frame him for the murder of Vic, a crewmate aboard the Le Vengeur. His premier novel tells of a Parisian prostitute named Divine. In addition to Querelle de Brest and Our Lady of the Flowers, this author wrote of a place called the Land of the Dead, a type of afterlife that appears in a play in which Said marries "the ugliest woman in town," Leila, during the (*) Algerian War of Independence. In another play by this author, the title location is a brothel run by Irma whose theatrical like nature is used to restore order following a revolution. For 10 points-name this French author of The Balcony, The Maids, and The Blacks.
In one novel by this man, the protagonist befriends Gil Turko to frame him for the murder of Vic, a crewmate aboard the Le Vengeur.
Jean {Genet}