Emily Lloyd-Jones's latest novel is
The Hearts We Sold. At Tor.com she shared her
five "favorite books featuring deals you probably don’t want to make!" One title on the list:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
All right, all right. I get it. You look in the mirror and see a—is that a strand of gray? A new wrinkle? Sun spot? We’ve all been there. But the solution is not wishing all of your aging on a portrait, locking that poor piece of artwork in your attic, and then murdering your struggling-artist best friend. Just start a good skin care routine—it’ll be less hassle in the long run.
Read about
another entry on the list.
The Picture of Dorian Gray also appears on
Eric Berkowitz's list of five top books on sex and society and John Mullan's lists of
ten of the best locked rooms in literature,
ten of the best mirrors in literature,
ten of the best disastrous performances in fiction, and
ten of the best examples of ekphrasis in literature.
--Marshal Zeringue
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