A Thief's Journal (1949) by Jean Genet

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Meeting at the usual place, The Shakespeare Hotel, 200 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, at 7.00pm on Thursday 8 January 2026, we will be discussing A Thief's Journal by Jean Genet.

This partially autobiographical novel explores the author's progress through 1930s Europe, wearing little and enduring hunger, contempt, and fatigue. The protagonist is 'hot for crime' and romanticizes criminality and homosexuality.

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The Shakespeare Hotel is a busy inner-city pub, but we meet in a semi-private room upstairs, conducive for discussion. Many of us arrive around 6.00pm for drinks or food, and the meeting starts at 7.00pm. The format is that we have a focused discussion on the book till about 8.00pm, and then the meeting formally closes. Almost everyone stays back to further chat about the book or anything else.

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