{"product_id":"the-criminal-child","title":"The Criminal Child","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Criminal Child\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJean Genet\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781681373614\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNYRB Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e128\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Criminal Child \u003c\/i\u003eoffers the first English translation of a key early work by Jean Genet. In 1949, in the midst of a national debate about improving the French reform-school system, Radiodiffusion Française commissioned Genet to write about his experience as a juvenile delinquent. He sent back a piece that was a paean to prison instead of the expected horrifying exposé. Revisiting the cruel hazing rituals that had accompanied his incarceration, relishing the special argot spoken behind bars, Genet bitterly denounced any improvement in the condition of young prisoners as a threat to their criminal souls. The radio station chose not to broadcast Genet's views. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Criminal Child\" appears here with a selection of Genet's finest essays, including his celebrated piece on the art of Alberto Giacometti.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"The Criminal Child | Jean Genet | Paperback | 9781681373614 | New | Essays 1210214","offer_id":50550537421058,"sku":"1210214","price":29.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81UBTZsA6gL.jpg?v=1790468371","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/the-criminal-child","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}