Having introduced our Book Club with Graham Greene's Brighton Rock and followed with Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard, we are excited to announce that the third title for the MurdockMan Book Club In Association with Vintage will be Oscar Wilde's The Picture Of Dorian Gray.
First published in 1890 to much controversy (even more so than the terrible 2009 film adaptation) this is 'both a cautionary tale of a life of depravity and sham, and a tender portrait of the aesthetic urge unbridled and spinning out of control.' - Irvine Welsh.
'Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains physically unchanged by the stresses of his corrupt lifestyle and untouched by age. But up in his attic, hidden behind a curtain, his portrait tells a different story...'
According to The Guardian, 'Wilde set the gold standard for chroniclers of decadence’ with this novel and you can enjoy every page across all Murdock branches as of next week.
Keep your eyes on our Twitter page as we will soon be running another #murdockmanbookclub competition with copies to give away to lucky winners.