{"product_id":"dorian-3","title":"Dorian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorian - \u003c\/i\u003eWill Self's brilliant 'imitation' of Oscar Wilde's original tainted love story \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brutal, savage, infinitely readable' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chilling, hysterical, tasteless and haunting. A Gothic thriller complementing and enriching its original'  \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. The subject of Baz's video installation, Cathode Narcissus, and the object of Henry's attentions, Dorian is launched on 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book that filled its first reviewers with \"the odour of moral and spiritual putrefaction\" just got smellier, darker and funnier'  \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorian\u003c\/i\u003e will be adored by fans of Will Self and Martin Amis and is an essential read for those who enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Self is the author of nine novels including \u003ci\u003eCock and Bull\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Idea of Fun; Great Apes; How the Dead Live; Dorian, an Imitation; The Book of Dave; The Butt; Walking to Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUmbrella\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has written five collections of shorter fiction and three novellas: \u003ci\u003eThe Quantity Theory of Insanity; Grey Area; License to Hug; The Sweet Smell of Psychosis; Design Faults in the Volvo 760 Turbo; Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys; Dr. Mukti and Other Tales of Woe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes\u003c\/i\u003e. Self has also compiled a number of nonfiction works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Undivided Self: Selected Stories; Junk Mail; Perfidious Man; Sore Sites; Feeding Frenzy; Psychogeography; Psycho Too\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being a Prawn Cracker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252705284440,"sku":"9780141040202","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141040202_60e34005-865d-4229-99ab-b254cf6f19e8.jpg?v=1778513437","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dorian-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}