Weaving together a dense tapestry of consciousness and a century of lived life, Will Self sets out to understand the nature of the modern world
Dorian
Written by Will Self
- Longlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2002
- Published by Viking
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Will Self transports Oscar Wilde’s original tale of decadence and sin to a hedonistic late 20th century, with brutally chilling effect
In the summer of 1981, aristocratic, drug-addicted Henry Wooten and Warhol-acolyte Baz Hallward meet Dorian Gray. Dorian is a golden Adonis - perfect, pure and (so far) deliciously uncorrupted. Dorian eagerly launches into a hedonistic binge that spans the 80s and 90s. But as Baz and Henry succumb to the disease du jour, how is it that Dorian, despite all his sexual and narcotic debauchery, remains so unsullied - so vibrantly alive?
Will Self
Will Self is an English novelist, journalist, political commentator and television personality
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