A well written novel about an alternate world in which the extremes of sado-masochistic torture are as everyday as oatmeal. Does the novel glorify the torture of underage nymphets with all the characterization of a lamp? Maybe! Nevertheless, might there be something to be said about the horrors (or sexual fantasies) abounding throughout the author's mind, displayed with such tender detail and amoral language? Yeah, maybe, probably. In the end, it's well written.