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Oscar Wilde Discovers America

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Louis Edwards
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    304
    Publisher:
    Scribner (September 8, 2012)
    Language:
    English
    ISBN-13:
    9780743236904
    ISBN-10:
    0743236904
    Weight:
    13.09oz
    Dimensions:
    6" x 9" x 0.8"
    Case Pack:
    22
    File:
    Eloquence-SimonSchuster_10032026_P10711953_onix30_Complete-20261003.xml
    Folder:
    Eloquence
    List Price:
    $19.99
    As low as:
    $15.39
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-SS
    Discount Code:
    A
    Audience:
    General/trade
    Pub Discount:
    65
    Imprint:
    Scribner
  • Overview

    From the author of Ten Seconds comes an adventurous blur between fact and fiction following Oscar Wilde and his Black valet and gifted confidant, Traquair, on a whirlwind tour across the United States in this exciting historical fiction.

    When Oscar Wilde arrived in New York for a nationwide publicity tour in 1882, only a few newspapers mentioned that he was joined by his Black valet, Traquair, on his journey across the nation. Louis Edwards brings life to this figure, rescuing Traquair from obscurity in this daring and richly imaginative work following Wilde and his gifted confidant from high-society Newport to art-conscious San Francisco, all the way to the Deep South.

    While Wilde shocks America with his eloquent lectures and larger-than-life presence, Traquair delights in the greatest year of his youth, from losing his virginity in a Washington, D.C. brothel to meeting Jefferson Davis in Mississippi and falling hopelessly in love in St. Louis.

    Edwards presents a tale of class and race in late-nineteenth-century America combining seductive language and a unique perspective that offers a chilling forecast of the tragic destiny of Wilde and a stunning redefinition of the American spirit.