Summary
Narrated from the point of view of an unnamed 11-year-old boy, this novel explores the darkest recesses of the human psyche in graphically sexual and violent terms. The narrator is exposed to everything from incest and torture to racism and slavery when he falls in with a twisted Svengali (the title character) who controls a gang of young men who spend their days and nights raping and murdering. This book is not for the faint of heart.
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"There is no question that "Hogg" by Samuel R. Delany is a serious book with literary merit." -- Norman Mailer
"[We read] of such monsters as Delany's Hogg with pity and horror, but we ignore them at our peril." -- Elizabeth Hand
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Talman Co
Published date: 1995
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.05 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Acclaimed science fiction novelist Samuel Delany wrote "Hogg" over twenty years ago. Since then, it has been one of America's most famous "unpublishable" novels. The subject matter of "Hogg" is America's culture of sexual violence and degeneration. this theme is not, however, examined form the politically safe perspective of the victim. Rather, Delany explores his disturbing protagonist, "Hogg," on his own turf--rape, pederasty, sexual excess. Delany does not adopt an overt moral position, but the book is one of the most moral in recent American fiction. It exposes an area of violence and sexual abuse from the inside. As such, it is a brave book.
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