Waterstones Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
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Price: £9.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: In OSCAR WILDE AND THE CANDLELIGHT MURDERS, the first in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, the brutal murder of a young rent-boy puts Oscar in grave danger. 'Intelligent, amusing and entertaining' Alexander Mc Call Smith London, 1889. Oscar Wilde, celebrated poet, wit, playwright and raconteur is the literary sensation of his age. All Europe lies at his feet. Yet when he chances across the naked corpse of sixteen-year-old Billy Wood, posed by candlelight in a dark, stifling attic room, he cannot ignore the brutal murder. With the help of fellow author Arthur Conan Doyle he sets out to solve the crime - but it is Wilde's unparalleled access to all degrees of late Victorian life, from society drawing rooms and the bohemian demi-monde to the underclass, that will prove the decisive factor in their investigation of what turns out to be a series of brutal killings. The Oscar Wilde Murders is a gripping detective story of corruption and intrigue, of Wilde's growing success, of the breakdown of his marriage, and of his fatal friendship with Aidan Fraser, Inspector at Scotland Yard. Set against the exotic background of fin-de-siecle London, Paris, Oxford and Edinburgh, Gyles Brandreth recreates Oscar Wilde's trademark sardonic wit with huge flair, intertwining all the intrigue of the classic English murder mystery with a compelling portrait of one of the greatest characters of the Victorian age. Waterstones Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780719569302
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ISBN: 9780719569302
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Author: Lyn W
Rating: 5
Review: Have really enjoyed this series. Well written and enjoyable
Author: R. Cullen
Rating: 2
Review: I really wanted to like this novel given the conceit of presenting Oscar Wilde as a sleuth but for me it failed to engage any real interest in the characters or the outcome. The unrelenting hero worship of Wilde by the author and the narrator character Robert became tedious and ultimately did the disservice of turning Wilde into a cardboard cut out caricature. Lots of 'wit' but too much of it a rehashing of Wilde quotes further distanced this reader from emotional engagement. As a crime novel it lacked both pace and any real sense of danger/suspense. With a series of ludicrous twists in the plot and denouement the ending did not feel either satisfying or earned. A disappointment.