Cannot wait to read “The Crimson Petal and the White”… that’s next on my list!
There’s a lot of sex in The Crimson Petal and the White, but while most of it is extremely graphic and some of it is frankly nauseating, none of it comes anywhere close to being either erotic or pornographic – and that’s exactly as it should be, because the central character in Michel Faber’s magisterial, beautifully-written novel is a nineteen year old prostitute in Victorian London, to whom sex is just a business – one she’s very good at. Sugar … Read More
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