sat in a room a lot but was not university educated. People write books about Wilde and Morrissey; Fry writes them about himself. Oh, there are differences all right. But they clues are all there. Fry and Morrissey wanted to be Wilde and became exaggerated versions of themselves. Wilde wanted to be great and as a result failed (he once said that ambition was "the last refuge of the failure"). That, though is not the point. In a sense, none of these men are great writers because they all brush everything aside with a velvet glove. But who else would you quote. That's what counts. If you put together the sayings of these three men, you could very nearly get away with saying nothing else ever - which is probably the highest compliment you could pay anyone.

David Pinching (Editor)

RECOMMENDED
ON SITE:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde's Short Stories
Stephen Fry Interview
Review of The Stars' Tennis Balls


COMING IN DECEMBER:
All of Wilde's plays


TO BUY:
Videos / DVDs:
"An Ideal Husband"
"Wilde"
"The Smiths: The Complete Picture"


Music:
The Smiths - "The Smiths"
The Smiths - "The Queen is Dead"
Morrissey - "Viva Hate"
Morrissey - "Vauxhall And I"

Books:
Stephen Fry - The Stars' Tennis Balls
Stephen Fry - The Liar
Stephen Fry - Making History
Johnny Rogan - Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance
Oscar Wilde - Collected Letters

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