Louis Bayard

Now a major Netflix film starring Christian Bale and Gillian Anderson April 19th, 1831. In two or three hours I'll be dead. So begins the chilling last testament of Gus Landor, a retired New York City police constable, whose numerous talents include code-breaking, riot control, and the 'gloveless interrogation'. A young cadet has been found hanged at a military academy...

In this singularly powerful novel, bestselling author Louis Bayard brings Oscar Wilde's wife Constance and two sons out from the shadows of history and creates a vivid and poignant story of secrets, loss, and love."Wonderfully researched, beautifully crafted, movingly told, The Wildes is a treasure to read."-Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less and Less Is Lost"The Wildes is...