Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future - Oscar WildeI remember when I was first introduced to Oscar Wilde. It was the late 1980's and I was spending a semester studying in London. My roommate was a serious fan of The Smiths, especially the lead singer Morrissey. There is this famous lyric in their song Cemetery Gates where Morrissey croons :A dreaded sunny dayso I meet you at the cemetery gatesKeats and Yeats are on your sidewhile Wilde is on mineSo naturally, my roommate, a young twenty-something from a little town in Wisconsin, had a copy of Oscar Wilde's Collected...
The City of Dreaming Books
Walter Moers. The City of Dreaming Books. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 2007. First American Edition. 456 pp. Maroon spine over yellow boards. Illustrated throughout by the author.Walter a biblio-fantasy of the highest order.