The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde

Excellent Non Fiction Reads (6 items)
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This book helped make sense of something that I always thought of as a mystery: Why did Oscar Wilde sue Queensbury for libel when he was sure to lose? Why risk being sent to prison for being a "sodomite"?

This book delves into the "secret life" of Oscar Wilde and holds nothing back. Oscar's sexual double life is examined unflinchingly and reveals much about not only Oscar's life, b... read more