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Violence
A lot
Sebastian's violent death by cannibalism (described)
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Sebastian's homosexual exploitation of young men
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Horror at what humans are capable of; the suppression of truth by privilege
What this book is about
Williams's 1958 one-act play follows Catherine, who witnessed what happened to her poet cousin Sebastian in a Spanish village. The revelation is brutal: Sebastian was killed and partially cannibalized by the street boys he had exploited. Features homosexuality, a violent death, and an attempted lobotomy. For mature adults.
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Violence and cannibalism
Homosexual predation
Threatened lobotomy
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