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For Wilde, as for many people, reading could be as powerful and transformative an experience as falling in love. He devoured books, talked books, luxuriated in books and lavished books...

Oscar Wilde's early fame ensured that throughout his short life he was written about by many of those he met. He was celebrated - or mocked - as the master...

An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices, Colm Toibin__________________In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Toibin takes three of Ireland's greatest...

Can one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed?When the Marquis of Queensbury left his calling card at the Albemarle Club in February...

'A remarkable book... the breadth and depth of research is astonishing' Emma Thompson'An illuminating study... fascinating' IndependentHailed as a gay icon and pioneer of individualism, Oscar Wilde's insistence that 'there...

The life Oscar Wilde never had - reimagined by John Boyne in his most ambitious and emotionally powerful novel yet.'Exceptionally moving... A granularly imagined, witty, hugely pleasurable read' Neel Mukherjee'Wise,...

'A remarkable book... the breadth and depth of research is astonishing' Emma Thompson'An illuminating study... fascinating' IndependentHailed as a gay icon and pioneer of individualism, Oscar Wilde's insistence that 'there...

Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol, his last work for publication in 1898 is known the world over for its insight and telling phrases, such as 'bricks of shame', 'souls in...

'There is something interesting and intriguing to be found on almost every page' Guardian 'A father . . . is a necessary evil.' Stephen Dedalus in Ulysses____________________________________In Mad, Bad, Dangerous...