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gay men is part of a self-doubt about their own liberation. As my character Baz says: ‘For men who were meant to be

free, how readily they draped themselves in chains’.
“Homophobia did increase during the Aids epidemic. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t Princess Di, Queen of Hearts. It was awful, it still is. And people are still dying, as I’m sure your readers know all too well.”
Will Self’s ‘Dorian’ is published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, price £16.99. Visit: www.penguin.com