John Boyne on The Weight of Angels

Rather than dying impoverished in Paris at forty-six, what if Oscar Wilde 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?Like Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet and Percival Everett's James, 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.JOHN BOYNE is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six for younger readers.

His 2006 novel _The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas_ has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet and opera.

His many international bestsellers include _The Heart's Invisible Furies_ and _A Ladder to the Sky_.

He has won four Irish Book Awards, including Author of the Year in 2022, along with a host of other international literary prizes.