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      The Miscreant

      by Jean Cocteau
      Published
      Jul 2003
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      164
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      with drawings by Cocteau. Forestier, the central character, is a parasite and dilettante who responds readily to beauty in both sexes. In Paris, he indulges in a life of dissipation with students and their mistresses, and falls in love with Germaine, a chorus girl kept by a rich banker. The affair, doomed from the start, forces him to come to terms not so much with society as with himself. A cleverly told story...a brilliant picture of adolescent loneliness." - TLS. "Extremely witty...with its Gothic imagery, its sense of the macabre and its nostalgia it makes enchanting reading...beautifully translated." - BBC.

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      Feb 2003 Peter Owen Publishers ISBN13 9780720611731 ISBN10 0720611733
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      Jul 2003 Peter Owen Publishers ISBN13 9780720654806 ISBN10 0720654807
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