{"product_id":"the-weight-of-angels","title":"The Weight of Angels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe life Oscar Wilde never had ― reimagined by John Boyne in his most ambitious and emotionally powerful novel yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exceptionally moving... A granularly imagined, witty, hugely pleasurable read'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Neel Mukherjee\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Wise, imaginative, funny, and extremely moving'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTan Twan Eng, Booker longlisted author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe House of Doors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA richly inventive multi-media novel of literary might-have-beens'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e John Banville, Booker prize winner of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espectacularly cheeky piece of speculative fiction, gleefully celebrating the possibilities of queer genius'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Patrick Gale\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e__________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCan one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Marquis of Queensbury left his calling card at the Albemarle Club in February 1895, it bore only his name and five words: ‘For Oscar Wilde, posing Somdomite’. The famous playwright sued for libel, which led to his arrest, criminal prosecution and imprisonment. From then on, his gilded existence spiralled into public disgrace and an early death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBut what if he had simply ignored the insult?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRather than dying impoverished in Paris at forty-six, what if he had lived to bear witness to the momentous events and cataclysmic changes at the start of the twentieth century, and even influence some of them? What if the second half of his life were as celebrated, dramatic and tumultuous as the first?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Maggie O'Farrell's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHamnet\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand Percival Everett's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJames\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, John Boyne explores one of the great what-if stories of modern literature, giving the great Anglo-Irish playwright an opportunity to take an entirely different path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReaders are loving THE WEIGHT OF ANGELS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Remarkable, funny and very touching’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEnjoyed this book so much I bought\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Grey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I devoured it in just a few days. Completely transported!’ READER REVIEW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57502545052021,"sku":"669-40A-5CF","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/5d2fc37a-80ae-4ed9-9bbd-af72d12ca7e2.jpg?v=1786795112","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/the-weight-of-angels","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}