Greg’s Reviews > Oscar Wilde Discovers America: A Novel > Status Update

When Wilde arrives in America, he is presented with a valet who is "beautiful' and has "wondrous eyes" and has a physical form that even "men and women alike" notice. Wilde's first words to him are "William Traquair, you are quite perfect!" And given that William also has "full, ponderous lips...never kissed" and that William is black, I think the author is telegraphing to us there will be fireworks along the way.