ENGLISH BOOK
"Beauty is a form of genius – is higher than genius, as it needs no
explanation… It makes princes of those who have it. Beauty is the wonder
of wonders. Only shallow people do not judge by appearances."
Oscar Wilde's classic novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray,
reinvented in this striking graphic novel, is the story of a man who,
exhilarated by his own beauty, pledges his very soul in a desperate bid
for eternal youth. His wish is magically granted: a portrait of Dorian,
painted by his friend Basil, begins to age in his place. Dorian's
naïveté soon turns into narcissism and a dangerous sense of
invulnerability. Influenced by the decadent aristocrat Lord Henry, he
embarks upon a career of selfish hedonism and depravity, ruining several
lives on the way.
With great skill and artistic flair, Ian
Edginton and artist I.N.J. Culbard bring Oscar Wilde's morally ambiguous
take on the Gothic thriller to the graphic novel form.