Dorian: A Sequel to The Picture of Dorian Gray - Softcover

This is a continuation of the story of Dorian Gray, after surviving the mutilation of his portrait. In this beautiful evocation of a nocturnal world Gray meets Oscar Wilde while living in Paris with Lord Henry Wotton after Wilde's release from prison in 1897 and emerges as a master of the occult arts. He finally leaves France for Venice after the dark secrets of his life are discovered by the androgynous Nadja. Finally, in a spectacular reversal of Wilde's theme Dorian meets an unforgettable death in Venice.

Jeremy Reed is Britain's most dynamic, adventurous, controversial and futuristic poet. Called by the Independent 'British poetry's glam, spangly, shape-shifting answer to David Bowie', his poetry, fiction and performances are inimitable in their opposition to grey mainstream poetry. He has published over 40 books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, winning prestigious literary prizes like the Somerset Maugham Award. When he came to live in London in the 1980s he received he patronage of Francis Bacon.