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'The 120 Days of Sodom' – counterculture classic or porn war pariah?

  • Written by Will McMorran, Senior Lecturer in French & Comparative Literature, Queen Mary University of London
imageThe original scroll on which the Marquis de Sade wrote the draft of 'The 120 Days of Sodom.'Christophe Ena/AP Photo

Over the past year, politicians on the right have railed against the supposed tyranny of political correctness.

Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that as 2016 draws to a close, arguably the most obscene and offensive work of fiction...

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