{"product_id":"the-weight-of-angels-9781250411365","title":"The Weight of Angels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the Marquess of Queensberry 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 most celebrated playwright of his day famously sued for libel, which led to his arrest, criminal prosecution, and ultimately prison. From then on, his gilded existence spiraled into public disgrace, humiliation, and an early death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what if he had simply ignored the insult? What direction might his life have taken? This is the premise of John Boyne's extraordinary new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e. Rather than dying in penury in Paris at age forty-six, what if Wilde had lived to bear witness to the momentous events and cataclysmic changes of the first part of the twentieth century, and even influence some of them? What if the second half of his life were as dramatic, tumultuous, and exhilarating as the first? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn imagining the life that Oscar Wilde never had, John Boyne has written one of the great what-if stories of modern literature, giving the iconic Anglo-Irish poet and playwright a fresh new voice and the opportunity to take an entirely different path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250411365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Boyne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933782569141,"sku":"9781250411365","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-weight-of-angels-9781250411365","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}