'Dazzling. Genet has found a scrupulous, meticulous chronicler in Edmund White.' – Philip Henscher, The Guardian
'An absorbing and magisterial biography...a labor of love in every sense. A comparable achievement [is] Richard Ellmann's biography of Oscar Wilde.'
– John Bayley, The Evening Standard
'Elegant, meticulous and wholly satisfying.'
– Brian Masters, The Sunday telegraph
'White has caught the uncatchable man – the public Genet as well as the recluse: no better praise can be given a biographer.'
– Paul Bailey, The Daily Telegraph
