{"product_id":"the-weight-of-angles","title":"The Weight of Angles","description":"\u003ch4\u003eJohn Boyne | Paperback | September 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-author-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-gutters\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"l-container\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA gloriously reimagined life of Oscar Wilde from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Heart's Invisible Furies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'John Boyne is one of our best authors writing today. \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e is wise, imaginative, funny, and extremely moving. Art and Life, Tragedy and Love, you’ll find them all here in this rich and magnificent novel' Tan Twan Eng, Booker longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of Doors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCan one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen the Marquis of Queensbury 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 feted playwright of his day famously sued for libel, which led to his arrest, criminal prosecution and ultimately prison. From then on, his gilded existence spiralled into public disgrace, humiliation and an early death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRather than dying in penury in Paris at the age of forty-six, what if he 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 celebrated, dramatic, tumultuous and exhilarating as the first?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\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 great Anglo-Irish poet and playwright a fresh new voice and the opportunity to take an entirely different path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data  mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col pb-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-author-about__desc\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Boyne is the author of fifteen novels for adults, six for younger readers, and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet, and opera. His many international bestsellers include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart's Invisible Furies\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA Ladder to the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He has won four Irish Book Awards, including Author of the Year in 2022, along with a host of other international literary prizes. His novels are published in sixty languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51395079143591,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/weightofangels.jpg?v=1790051513","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/en-nz\/products\/the-weight-of-angles","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}