
Peter Ackroyd
Tallinn : Eesti Raamat, 1992
204 p
ISBN : 5450012772
Softcover used ex-library book in good condition.
In England, Peter Ackroyd (b. 1949), primarily known for his successful biographical novels, presents a unique fictional work about Oscar Wilde's diary during the globally scandalous trial that led to the imprisonment of the homosexual writer in the final years of his life in Paris. Based on the few known facts from that period, Ackroyd vividly portrays the tragic end of an individual while masterfully mimicking Wilde's style. This work is fully deserving of the Somerset Maugham Award attributed to it.