Monsieur de Phocas - Jean Lorrain Vitezslav Nezval marking an early exploration of

marking an early exploration of gender fluidity

He won the Prix des Critiques in 1951 for Soleil des Loups and the Prix Goncourt in 1967 for Marge

mischievous giants

Alworth / ISBN 9780399581021 / Hardcover from Ten Speed Press

Monsieur de Phocas - Jean Lorrain Vitezslav Nezval marking an early exploration ofMonsieur de Phocas by Jean Lorrain, translated by Francis Amery ISBN 9781912868094 270 page paperback from Dedalus European Classics *** Monsieur de Phocas ranks with A Rebours as the summation of the French Decadent Movement. Modeled on The Portrait of Dorian Gray, it drips with evil and certainly would have unpublishable in fin de siecle England. "With Ethel's friends, grotesque, aging decadents, Phocas for the first time tastes opium. He