by Will Self · Viking · tapa dura · ISBN 9780670889969
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«Dorian: An Imitation» is the novel by Will Self, published by Viking in hardback (278 pages, in English).
Summer of 1981: Henry Wotton and the artist Baz Hallward discover Dorian Gray, a young man of exceptional beauty. While the AIDS epidemic and hedonistic excess mark those around him, Dorian retains an inexplicable youth. It is a provocative re-reading of The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1980s and 1990s London.
The novel, published in 2002, was nominated for the Booker Prize.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction, queer re-readings and British narrative of the 80s and 90s.
William Woodard Self is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. Self is currently an honorary Professor at Brunel University London, where his interests include psychogeography.
