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John Edward Robinson was a 56-year-old grandfather from rural Kansas. An entrepreneur and Eagle Scout, he was even honored as "Man of the Year" at a Kansas City charity. To some of the women he met on the Internet, he was known as Slavemaster--a sexual deviate with a taste for sadomasochistic rituals of extreme domination and torture ... even killing. Masquerading as a philanthropist, he promised women money and adventure. For fifteen years, he trawled the Web, snaring unsuspecting women. They were never seen again. But in the summer of 2000, the decomposed remains of two women were discovered in barrels on Robinson's farm, and three other bodies were found in storage units. Yet the depths of Robinson's bloodlust didn't end there. For authorities, the unspeakable criminal trail of Slavemaster was just beginning... Depraved is a true story of sadistic murder in the Heartland, told by true crime master John Glatt.
Book Synopsis Depraved by : John Glatt
Download or read book Depraved written by John Glatt and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Edward Robinson was a 56-year-old grandfather from rural Kansas. An entrepreneur and Eagle Scout, he was even honored as "Man of the Year" at a Kansas City charity. To some of the women he met on the Internet, he was known as Slavemaster--a sexual deviate with a taste for sadomasochistic rituals of extreme domination and torture ... even killing. Masquerading as a philanthropist, he promised women money and adventure. For fifteen years, he trawled the Web, snaring unsuspecting women. They were never seen again. But in the summer of 2000, the decomposed remains of two women were discovered in barrels on Robinson's farm, and three other bodies were found in storage units. Yet the depths of Robinson's bloodlust didn't end there. For authorities, the unspeakable criminal trail of Slavemaster was just beginning... Depraved is a true story of sadistic murder in the Heartland, told by true crime master John Glatt.
Smoke and mirrors. A web of lies. He's come for the devil's ultimate prize.J.D. Wilder strides into my hotel bringing the dark musky scent of sin with him. Arrogant and powerful, he's the president's eldest son. Even after all these years, I can still taste him on my lips. But when he speaks, there's not a glimmer of the boy I once loved. He struck a deal with my parents. That's what he claims. Loaned my mother the money she desperately needs to stay alive. Now he's here to collect. What does he want? My soul, of course. The one thing I will never give him. The duet is complete! Download a copy of Depraved today, and let Eva take you on a decadent journey, where nothing is as it appears. Buckle up.Praise for Depraved"Depraved is absolutely the best book I have read this year!! Eva Charles has given us a suspenseful and romantic story that is filled with family secrets, lies and deceptions." ★★★★★ -Lisa, Amazon Reviewer"I am so in love with JD, I am craving more of this alpha male! He's dark and dangerous, oozes power and control, he's fierce and intense and his dominating ways will have your body temperature rising!" ★★★★★-Danielle, Books Obsessive"Readers can count on being pulled in and held captive... It's the best kind of torture." ★★★★ -Corrie, Lamplight Review and Promotion."Ms. Charles is EVIL right down to her toes only giving you glimpses of what she wants you to see right until the end! So much intrigue here and don't even get me started on the steamy sexy times!" ★★★★★-Lisa Marie, Amazon Reviewer"Intriguing, well-written, hot as hell..." ★★★★★-Lisa Hines, Amazon Reviewer"I loved this book!! He is a delicious Alpha male, but I really enjoyed him in his more vulnerable moments." ★★★★★ -Stacey, Romancing Reading Diva"What a wild ride. Loved every second of book one! Five Smoldering Stars on this one!" ★★★★★-Julie, Amazon Reviewer"I read both Depraved and Delivered this weekend-TWICE!" ★★★★★ -Amazon Customer"The intrigue, the mysteries, the heat, and even the sweet moments are blended in perfect proportion." ★★★★★-Laurie K., Amazon Reviewer"The end was jaw dropping..." ★★★★★ -Rebecca A., Amazon Reviewer"Even days after finishing this book, I'm seriously suffering from a book hangover" ★★★★★-Danielle R., Spellbound Stories"The push and pull between J.D. and Gabrielle is intoxicating." ★★★★★-Janine, The World Was Hers For the Reading"Brilliant story line that captures your attention and does not let go..." ★★★★ -Kathy, Cajun Heat Book Blog"I trust no one!!" ★★★★★ -Melissa, Book Addicts Review"The writing is fabulous, and I was utterly captivated from the very beginning."★★★★★-Rachel, Behind Closed Doors Book Review"Be prepared because JD is the broodiest, sexiest bastard I have ever met and when he turns on the charm you will melt! I'm still a muddled mess!"★★★★★-Patricia, Words We Love By"The characters had so much chemistry it's almost unbearable. I had to read this book a couple of times, I truly loved it that much." ★★★★★-Vanessa, Sassy Southern Book Blog"This book snuck in from out of the blue and is definitely going in the best of 2019." ★★★★★-Kindle Customer"Sweet baby Jesus this book is something amazing and then some! I loved the main characters... The chemistry they share is amazing and something you don't see often." ★★★★★-Tee, Amazon Reviewer"Eva Charles masterfully threw in twists and turns that I wasn't expecting. Even now, I'm still thinking about certain scenes, playing them over and over in my head. Wow! ★★★★★-Amy, Amazon Reviewer"The twists, OMG the twists are insane! I'm still dropping f-bombs long after I finished. ★★★★★-Jennifer, Goodreads"It's hard to even get 4 stars from me, 5 stars are for rare finds....and I would be willing to give 10 stars if I could...this book is
Book Synopsis Depraved by : Eva Charles
Download or read book Depraved written by Eva Charles and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smoke and mirrors. A web of lies. He's come for the devil's ultimate prize.J.D. Wilder strides into my hotel bringing the dark musky scent of sin with him. Arrogant and powerful, he's the president's eldest son. Even after all these years, I can still taste him on my lips. But when he speaks, there's not a glimmer of the boy I once loved. He struck a deal with my parents. That's what he claims. Loaned my mother the money she desperately needs to stay alive. Now he's here to collect. What does he want? My soul, of course. The one thing I will never give him. The duet is complete! Download a copy of Depraved today, and let Eva take you on a decadent journey, where nothing is as it appears. Buckle up.Praise for Depraved"Depraved is absolutely the best book I have read this year!! Eva Charles has given us a suspenseful and romantic story that is filled with family secrets, lies and deceptions." ★★★★★ -Lisa, Amazon Reviewer"I am so in love with JD, I am craving more of this alpha male! He's dark and dangerous, oozes power and control, he's fierce and intense and his dominating ways will have your body temperature rising!" ★★★★★-Danielle, Books Obsessive"Readers can count on being pulled in and held captive... It's the best kind of torture." ★★★★ -Corrie, Lamplight Review and Promotion."Ms. Charles is EVIL right down to her toes only giving you glimpses of what she wants you to see right until the end! So much intrigue here and don't even get me started on the steamy sexy times!" ★★★★★-Lisa Marie, Amazon Reviewer"Intriguing, well-written, hot as hell..." ★★★★★-Lisa Hines, Amazon Reviewer"I loved this book!! He is a delicious Alpha male, but I really enjoyed him in his more vulnerable moments." ★★★★★ -Stacey, Romancing Reading Diva"What a wild ride. Loved every second of book one! Five Smoldering Stars on this one!" ★★★★★-Julie, Amazon Reviewer"I read both Depraved and Delivered this weekend-TWICE!" ★★★★★ -Amazon Customer"The intrigue, the mysteries, the heat, and even the sweet moments are blended in perfect proportion." ★★★★★-Laurie K., Amazon Reviewer"The end was jaw dropping..." ★★★★★ -Rebecca A., Amazon Reviewer"Even days after finishing this book, I'm seriously suffering from a book hangover" ★★★★★-Danielle R., Spellbound Stories"The push and pull between J.D. and Gabrielle is intoxicating." ★★★★★-Janine, The World Was Hers For the Reading"Brilliant story line that captures your attention and does not let go..." ★★★★ -Kathy, Cajun Heat Book Blog"I trust no one!!" ★★★★★ -Melissa, Book Addicts Review"The writing is fabulous, and I was utterly captivated from the very beginning."★★★★★-Rachel, Behind Closed Doors Book Review"Be prepared because JD is the broodiest, sexiest bastard I have ever met and when he turns on the charm you will melt! I'm still a muddled mess!"★★★★★-Patricia, Words We Love By"The characters had so much chemistry it's almost unbearable. I had to read this book a couple of times, I truly loved it that much." ★★★★★-Vanessa, Sassy Southern Book Blog"This book snuck in from out of the blue and is definitely going in the best of 2019." ★★★★★-Kindle Customer"Sweet baby Jesus this book is something amazing and then some! I loved the main characters... The chemistry they share is amazing and something you don't see often." ★★★★★-Tee, Amazon Reviewer"Eva Charles masterfully threw in twists and turns that I wasn't expecting. Even now, I'm still thinking about certain scenes, playing them over and over in my head. Wow! ★★★★★-Amy, Amazon Reviewer"The twists, OMG the twists are insane! I'm still dropping f-bombs long after I finished. ★★★★★-Jennifer, Goodreads"It's hard to even get 4 stars from me, 5 stars are for rare finds....and I would be willing to give 10 stars if I could...this book is
'This is must reading for crime buffs. DEPRAVED demonstrates that sadistic psychopaths are not a modern day phenomena... gruesome, awesome, compelling reporting.' ANNE RULE. Here is the macabre story of H.H. Holmes, architect of the infamous 'Castle of Horror', whose labyrinth of trapdoors, stairways to nowhere, bedchambers fitted with peepholes and asphyxiating gas pipes, greased body chutes, and a cellar equipped with acid vats, a crematorium, and dissecting table, became an unspeakable domain of torture and murder. With stark, ghastly detail, DEPRAVED takes you into the mind of this evil genius - who alternatively posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey in 19th Century Chicago - and reveals a mesmerizing tale of true detection before the age of technological wizardry.
Book Synopsis Depraved by : Harold Schechter
Download or read book Depraved written by Harold Schechter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is must reading for crime buffs. DEPRAVED demonstrates that sadistic psychopaths are not a modern day phenomena... gruesome, awesome, compelling reporting.' ANNE RULE. Here is the macabre story of H.H. Holmes, architect of the infamous 'Castle of Horror', whose labyrinth of trapdoors, stairways to nowhere, bedchambers fitted with peepholes and asphyxiating gas pipes, greased body chutes, and a cellar equipped with acid vats, a crematorium, and dissecting table, became an unspeakable domain of torture and murder. With stark, ghastly detail, DEPRAVED takes you into the mind of this evil genius - who alternatively posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey in 19th Century Chicago - and reveals a mesmerizing tale of true detection before the age of technological wizardry.
In Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell has a character as strong as any in popular fiction" —Wall Street Journal New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the newest engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Depraved Heart: “Void of social duty and fatally bent on mischief.” —Mayes v. People, 806 III. 306 (1883) Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages and seems to be from her computer genius niece Lucy. But how can it be? It’s clearly a surveillance film of Lucy taken almost twenty years ago. As Scarpetta watches she begins to learn frightening secrets about her niece, whom she has loved and raised like a daughter. That film clip and then others sent soon after raise dangerous legal implications that increasingly isolate Scarpetta and leave her confused, worried, and not knowing where to turn. She doesn’t know whom she can tell—not her FBI husband Benton Wesley or her investigative partner Pete Marino. Not even Lucy. In this new novel, Cornwell launches these unforgettable characters on an intensely psychological odyssey that includes the mysterious death of a Hollywood mogul’s daughter, aircraft wreckage on the bottom of the sea in the Bermuda Triangle, a grisly gift left in the back of a crime scene truck, and videos from the past that threaten to destroy Scarpetta’s entire world and everyone she loves. The diabolical presence behind what unfolds seems obvious—but strangely, not to the FBI. Certainly that’s the message they send when they raid Lucy’s estate and begin building a case that could send her to prison for the rest of her life. In the latest novel in her bestselling series featuring chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Cornwell will captivate readers with the shocking twists, high-wire tension, and cutting-edge forensic detail that she is famous for, proving yet again why she’s the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer.
Book Synopsis Depraved Heart by : Patricia Cornwell
Download or read book Depraved Heart written by Patricia Cornwell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell has a character as strong as any in popular fiction" —Wall Street Journal New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the newest engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Depraved Heart: “Void of social duty and fatally bent on mischief.” —Mayes v. People, 806 III. 306 (1883) Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages and seems to be from her computer genius niece Lucy. But how can it be? It’s clearly a surveillance film of Lucy taken almost twenty years ago. As Scarpetta watches she begins to learn frightening secrets about her niece, whom she has loved and raised like a daughter. That film clip and then others sent soon after raise dangerous legal implications that increasingly isolate Scarpetta and leave her confused, worried, and not knowing where to turn. She doesn’t know whom she can tell—not her FBI husband Benton Wesley or her investigative partner Pete Marino. Not even Lucy. In this new novel, Cornwell launches these unforgettable characters on an intensely psychological odyssey that includes the mysterious death of a Hollywood mogul’s daughter, aircraft wreckage on the bottom of the sea in the Bermuda Triangle, a grisly gift left in the back of a crime scene truck, and videos from the past that threaten to destroy Scarpetta’s entire world and everyone she loves. The diabolical presence behind what unfolds seems obvious—but strangely, not to the FBI. Certainly that’s the message they send when they raid Lucy’s estate and begin building a case that could send her to prison for the rest of her life. In the latest novel in her bestselling series featuring chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Cornwell will captivate readers with the shocking twists, high-wire tension, and cutting-edge forensic detail that she is famous for, proving yet again why she’s the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer.
The third of Gary Indiana's famed crime trilogy tells a story inspired by the virtuoso con artistry of mother-and-son criminals Sante and Kenneth Kimes. She collected future marks like lottery tickets. She operated by reflex. Any public room was a pristine harvest of human information. Not just business cards, phone numbers, fax numbers and the like, but weaknesses, quirks, character flaws, delusional ambitions, risky dreams, medical problems, shaky marriages. Everybody came equipped with a panel of invisible buttons.... If you had the right touch, if you knew how to press one button lightly and another button with a bit more force, you could make the emotional side of a person swing up and down as you wished. —from Depraved Indifference First published in 2001, Depraved Indifference is the third of Gary Indiana's famed crime trilogy now being reissued by Semiotext(e). Inspired by the virtuoso con artistry of mother-and-son criminals Sante and Kenneth Kimes, Depraved Indifference follows Evangeline Slote, a dead ringer for Elizabeth Taylor “so compulsive she grifts herself when she runs out of other people” through the circus of calamity that her compulsions invoke. Evangeline, or “Evelyn Carson, “Princess Shah Shah,” among other pseudonyms, accompanied by her alcoholic husband Warren and fanatically devoted son Devin, moves from Las Vegas to Hawaii to Nassau in a maelstrom of forgery and fraud that constantly threatens to come undone. When Warren dies, Evangeline and her son embark upon an ever more brazen series of grifts, frauds, and crimes. Thriving on chaos, a master of manipulation and seduction, Evangeline concocts the scheme to end all schemes—which may take a murder to complete. Reminiscent of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust, Indiana's scathing, insightful prose is a mirror to the empty landscape of American culture.
Book Synopsis Depraved Indifference by : Gary Indiana
Download or read book Depraved Indifference written by Gary Indiana and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third of Gary Indiana's famed crime trilogy tells a story inspired by the virtuoso con artistry of mother-and-son criminals Sante and Kenneth Kimes. She collected future marks like lottery tickets. She operated by reflex. Any public room was a pristine harvest of human information. Not just business cards, phone numbers, fax numbers and the like, but weaknesses, quirks, character flaws, delusional ambitions, risky dreams, medical problems, shaky marriages. Everybody came equipped with a panel of invisible buttons.... If you had the right touch, if you knew how to press one button lightly and another button with a bit more force, you could make the emotional side of a person swing up and down as you wished. —from Depraved Indifference First published in 2001, Depraved Indifference is the third of Gary Indiana's famed crime trilogy now being reissued by Semiotext(e). Inspired by the virtuoso con artistry of mother-and-son criminals Sante and Kenneth Kimes, Depraved Indifference follows Evangeline Slote, a dead ringer for Elizabeth Taylor “so compulsive she grifts herself when she runs out of other people” through the circus of calamity that her compulsions invoke. Evangeline, or “Evelyn Carson, “Princess Shah Shah,” among other pseudonyms, accompanied by her alcoholic husband Warren and fanatically devoted son Devin, moves from Las Vegas to Hawaii to Nassau in a maelstrom of forgery and fraud that constantly threatens to come undone. When Warren dies, Evangeline and her son embark upon an ever more brazen series of grifts, frauds, and crimes. Thriving on chaos, a master of manipulation and seduction, Evangeline concocts the scheme to end all schemes—which may take a murder to complete. Reminiscent of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust, Indiana's scathing, insightful prose is a mirror to the empty landscape of American culture.
With the 1979 super-8 film, They Eat Scum, Nick Zedd planted the seeds for "the Cinema of Transgression." Flourishing in downtown New York, Zedd, along with other filmmakers and actors, revolutionized and stunned independent filmmaking with their "celluloid atrocities." Embraced by some, reviled by most, Zedd and his co-conspirators were met with media blackouts, violent resistance and harassment throughout America and Europe. An autobiography that is both shocking and poignant, Totem of the Depraved chronicles the life and thoughts of the founder of the most radical film movement of the 80's.
Book Synopsis Totem of the Depraved by : Nick Zedd
Download or read book Totem of the Depraved written by Nick Zedd and published by Two Thirteen Sixty One Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the 1979 super-8 film, They Eat Scum, Nick Zedd planted the seeds for "the Cinema of Transgression." Flourishing in downtown New York, Zedd, along with other filmmakers and actors, revolutionized and stunned independent filmmaking with their "celluloid atrocities." Embraced by some, reviled by most, Zedd and his co-conspirators were met with media blackouts, violent resistance and harassment throughout America and Europe. An autobiography that is both shocking and poignant, Totem of the Depraved chronicles the life and thoughts of the founder of the most radical film movement of the 80's.
An Audi sports car, speeding in the wrong lane, forces an oncoming van off the road. The van bursts into flames, killing all nine occupants…eight of them children. Criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, known simply as Jaywalker, is trying to keep his nose clean while serving a three-year suspension. But when a woman seduces him into representing the "Audi Assassin," a man who also happens to be her husband, things get messy. Struggling with the moral issues surrounding this case, Jaywalker tries to stay focused on his goal—limiting the damage to his client by exposing the legal system's hypocrisy regarding drunk driving. But when he rounds a blind corner in the case, he collides with a truth that could turn his entire defense into disaster.
Book Synopsis Depraved Indifference by : Joseph Teller
Download or read book Depraved Indifference written by Joseph Teller and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Audi sports car, speeding in the wrong lane, forces an oncoming van off the road. The van bursts into flames, killing all nine occupants…eight of them children. Criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, known simply as Jaywalker, is trying to keep his nose clean while serving a three-year suspension. But when a woman seduces him into representing the "Audi Assassin," a man who also happens to be her husband, things get messy. Struggling with the moral issues surrounding this case, Jaywalker tries to stay focused on his goal—limiting the damage to his client by exposing the legal system's hypocrisy regarding drunk driving. But when he rounds a blind corner in the case, he collides with a truth that could turn his entire defense into disaster.
Obsession. It's an ugly thing. It consumes you. Controls you. Dictates your every move.You can try to fight it, try to resist. But its stronger than you. It always wins. The day I first saw her, obsession took root inside me. Suddenly there was nothing else. Just her. My obsession left me no choice. I had to have her. No matter the cost. No matter the risk.In the end she will be mine. Until then...I wait. *DEPRAVED is a dark MC Romance with scenes that might offend sensitive readers*
Book Synopsis Depraved by : Bella J
Download or read book Depraved written by Bella J and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obsession. It's an ugly thing. It consumes you. Controls you. Dictates your every move.You can try to fight it, try to resist. But its stronger than you. It always wins. The day I first saw her, obsession took root inside me. Suddenly there was nothing else. Just her. My obsession left me no choice. I had to have her. No matter the cost. No matter the risk.In the end she will be mine. Until then...I wait. *DEPRAVED is a dark MC Romance with scenes that might offend sensitive readers*
The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative account chronicles the methods and madness of a monster who slipped easily into a bright, affluent Midwestern suburb, where no one suspected the dapper, charming Holmes -- who alternately posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey -- was the architect of a labyrinthine "Castle of Horrors." Holmes admitted to twenty-seven murders by the time his madhouse of trapdoors, asphyxiation devices, body chutes, and acid vats was exposed. The seminal profile of a homegrown madman in the era of Jack the Ripper, Depraved is also a mesmerizing tale of true detection long before the age of technological wizardry.
Book Synopsis Depraved by : Harold Schechter
Download or read book Depraved written by Harold Schechter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative account chronicles the methods and madness of a monster who slipped easily into a bright, affluent Midwestern suburb, where no one suspected the dapper, charming Holmes -- who alternately posed as doctor, druggist, and inventor to snare his prey -- was the architect of a labyrinthine "Castle of Horrors." Holmes admitted to twenty-seven murders by the time his madhouse of trapdoors, asphyxiation devices, body chutes, and acid vats was exposed. The seminal profile of a homegrown madman in the era of Jack the Ripper, Depraved is also a mesmerizing tale of true detection long before the age of technological wizardry.
This innovative book marks a new way of looking at convict women. It tells their stories in a powerful and evocative way, drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics in a colonial context. It considers the convict past in light of contemporary concerns, looking at the cultural meanings of aspects of life in the colony: on ships, in the factories and in orphanages. Using startlingly original research, Joy Damousi considers such varied topics as headshaving as punishment in the prisons and the subversive nature of laughter and play, as well as analysing the language of pollution, purity and abandonment. She also dicusses the nature of sexual relationships, including evidence of lesbianism. The book shows how understanding about sexual and racial difference was crucial for both the maintenance and disturbance of colonial society, and became a focus for cultural anxiety.
Book Synopsis Depraved and Disorderly by : Joy Damousi
Download or read book Depraved and Disorderly written by Joy Damousi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-05-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book marks a new way of looking at convict women. It tells their stories in a powerful and evocative way, drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics in a colonial context. It considers the convict past in light of contemporary concerns, looking at the cultural meanings of aspects of life in the colony: on ships, in the factories and in orphanages. Using startlingly original research, Joy Damousi considers such varied topics as headshaving as punishment in the prisons and the subversive nature of laughter and play, as well as analysing the language of pollution, purity and abandonment. She also dicusses the nature of sexual relationships, including evidence of lesbianism. The book shows how understanding about sexual and racial difference was crucial for both the maintenance and disturbance of colonial society, and became a focus for cultural anxiety.
