Dorian, an Imitation

Dorian, an Imitation
First edition
Author	Will Self
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	26 September 2002
Media type	Print Hardcover & Paperback
Pages	278 pp
ISBN	0-670-88996-2

Dorian, an Imitation is a 2002 novel by Will Self. The book is a modern take on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Set in the 1980s and '90s, it adheres closely to Wilde's original, even retaining characters' names with some alterations. It was originally published by Viking Press in 2002 and subsequently by Penguin in 2003.

Works of Will Self

Fiction	Cock and Bull (1992) My Idea of Fun (1993) Great Apes (1997) How the Dead Live (2000) Dorian, an Imitation (2002) The Book of Dave (2006) The Butt (2008) Walking to Hollywood (2010) Umbrella (2012) Shark (2014)

Short fiction	The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991) Grey Area (1994) License to Hug (1995) The Sweet Smell of Psychosis (1996) Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys (1998) Dr. Mukti and Other Tales of Woe (2004) Liver: A Fictional Organ with a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes (2008)

Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

Films	Dorian Grays Portræt (1910) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1915) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1918) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Dorian Gray (1970) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) Dorian Gray (2009)

Adaptations	The Picture of Dorian Gray (1969) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Penny Dreadful (2014)

Literature	The Happy Hypocrite Dorian, an Imitation A Portrait of Dorian Gray

Stage	Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (opera)

Inspirations	John Gray "The Oval Portrait"

Related	Dorian Gray syndrome Cultural references Adaptations "Look Back in Anger"