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"Sexualityispower,"wrotetheMarquisdeSade.HisvirtuousJustinekepttotheruleslaiddownbymen,herrewardrapeandhumiliation;hisJuliette,Justine'striumphantlymonstrousantithesis,viciouslyexploitedhersexuality.Thisisaworldwherealltendernessisfalse,andallbedsareminefields.ButnowSadehasmethismatch.Withinventionandgenius,celebratednovelistAngelaCartertakesonthesefigmentsofhisextremeimaginationandtransformsthemintosymbolsofourtime—theHollywoodsexgoddesses,mothersanddaughters,pornography,eventhesacredshrinesofsexandmarriageliedevastatinglyexposedbeforeoureyes.Carterdelvesintothevisceraofourdistortedsexualityandrevealsastunning