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Well, I haven't read much of European Literature. And it’s a glaring gap in my reading that I want to address. ‘Incest� by Sade is one of the seminal classics - a book that was banned, and would probably continue to be banned in many parts of the world.

Comparisons would be drawn to ‘Lolita� but I think ‘Incest� is probably even more shocking. While Nabokov was rather more gentle in his treatment, Sade never fails to tell us just how much of a tyrant Franval is. You are spared no mercy in the description of the depravity of Franval. Sade himself, of course, led a troubled life. Sadism is derived from his name and remnants of that life seep in through the book.

I struggled a bit with the long-drawn out prose, and failed to connect with any of the characters. But you can’t really make a foray into European Literature without adding a Sade to your repertoire. Would I read another of his works? Ah, that...