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A Few of My Favorite Things

Great Book to Read When You Think Your Tastes Have Gone Too Far

by Angela Dauthi

Marquis de Sade The 120 Days of Sodom – If anything will give you a sense of perspective, it’s this. This man was a warped genius. Imagine, planning out six-hundred sexual atrocities to commit on other human beings (and some which involve animals), interspersed with what may either be the philosophy of “natural law” logically taken to its furthest extreme, or the most brilliant satire in all of the 18th century. Well, a guy’s got to do something when he’s trapped in the Bastille.