Topic: Oscar Wilde

Jonathan Safran Foer Has a New Book; 007 Now Works for Amazon

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Today in books: Jonathan Safran Foer has a new book coming out next year, James Bond's license to kill now comes from Jeff Bezos, and a first edition of The Importance of Being Earnest can be yours for somewhere in the neighborhood of $190,000.

By Ray Gustini

Dec 16, 2011

France Buys a Tiny Bronte Book; No More Kissing Oscar Wilde's Tomb

Today in books: Oscar Wilde's Tomb has had its last kiss, the British lose an undiscovered Charlotte Bronte manuscript to the French, and picking the year's most overrated books.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 30, 2011

Oscar Wilde No Longer Accepting Kisses

The pilgrimage has been around as long as teenagers have smoked clove cigarettes before majoring in literature in college, but no more will they be able to plant a heavily lipsticked kiss on Oscar Wilde's grave during a visit to Paris

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 15, 2011

New Justin Timberlake Movie Sued

Plus: A spat erupts over a "brand new" Oscar Wilde play

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