Forbidden Knowledge

From Prometheus to Pornography: A Landmark Exploration of the Dark Side of Human Ingenuity and Imagination

In his “best achievement to date” (Harold Bloom), National Book Award-winner Roger Shattuck gives us a “deeply learned, highly intelligent, and beautifully written” (New York Times) study of human curiosity versus the taboo, from Adam and Eve to the Marquis de Sade to biotechnology research.