The Castration

by William A. Carey, St. John Barrett

An unidentified man, fumbling for the key to his apartment in Monreale, Sicily, is struck unconscious from behind. He later finds himself on his own sofa, bound and gagged. Two men are taking objects from a worn leather bag, arranging them on his coffee table. Madness Too terrorized to breathe, he watches in perverse fascination as the men lay out instruments of a type long familiar to him. Seconds pass; he hears his own shriek. Years later, in the United States District Court in Portland, Maine, testimony of his castration will stun jury and spectators alike during the trial of seven men for their involvement in almost a dozen bloody crimes in the United States.

233 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 2002