Publius - Querelle (1982)

Querelle of Brest (French: Querelle de Brest) is a novel by the French writer Jean Genet. It was written mostly in 1945 and first published anonymously in 1947, limited to 460 numbered copies, with illustrations by Jean Cocteau. ] It is set in the midst of the port town of Brest, where sailors and the sea are associated with murder. Georges Querelle, its protagonist, is a bisexual thief, prostitute and serial killer who manipulates and kills his lovers for thrills and profit
The novel formed the basis for Querelle, a 1982 West German-French English-language arthouse film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis. It was Fassbinder's last film, released shortly after his sudden death in June 1982.