Thinking Cap Theatre's Artistic Director Nicole Stodard Ph.D talks with Neil Mckenna, author of The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde. NEIL MCKENNA BIO Neil Mckenna is a journalist, author and activist. He was born in Manchester but now lives in Norfolk wit his husband, Robert and their cat, Lupin. ABOUT THE BOOK 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.

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