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For Smuts Shake!: A Review of The Crimson Petal and the White

With a resurgence in smutty reading, particularly in the fantasy genre, Michel Faber’s 2002 Victorian era historical fiction about a prostitute named Sugar’s rise through society isn’t a far-off planet or even an out-there theme. Striving for a Dicken’s-esque experience, Faber, through an aberrant narrator, takes readers through the lives of almost every character at some point, giving a peek into things that are normally swept under the bookjacket.