The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde
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ISBN: 0465044395 / Publisher: Basic Books, November 2006
Details the life of Oscar Wilde, focusing on his sexual progression, including his work as an author, his fascination with Catholicism, and his time in prison for a homosexual affair.
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In The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, Neil McKenna provides stunning new insight into the tumultuous sexual and psychological worlds of this brilliant and tormented figure. McKenna charts Wilde’s astonishing odyssey through London’s sexual underworld, and provides explosive new evidence of the political machinations behind Wilde’s trials for sodomy. Dazzlingly written and meticulously researched, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde offers a vividly original portrait of a troubled genius who chose to martyr himself for the cause of love between men.
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