Download or read book The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde written by Neil McKenna and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, Neil McKenna provides stunning new insight into the tumultuous sexual and psychological worlds of this brilliant and tormented figure. McKenna charts Wilde’s astonishing odyssey through London’s sexual underworld, and provides explosive new evidence of the political machinations behind Wilde’s trials for sodomy. Dazzlingly written and meticulously researched, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde offers a vividly original portrait of a troubled genius who chose to martyr himself for the cause of love between men.