Dorian, An Imitation
Author: Will Self
Dorian, an Imitation is a British novel by Will Self. The book is a modern take on Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. The novel was originally published by Viking Press in 2002 and subsequently by Penguin in 2003. Self was originally asked to adapt the Wilde novel into a film screenplay, but this project did not come to fruition. Instead, Self took this uncompleted….Read More
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