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EspañolPEDOPHILIA AND CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN FICTION (BOYS)
''This article is about pedophilia/paedophilia in literature involving boys, i.e. works of fiction/novels; autobiographies/biographies and other non-fiction works. For pedophilia in literature involving girls see Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction (girls).
For information on pedophilia and child sexual abuse in movies/films see Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in films and for plays, musicals, opera see Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in the theatre and for songs see Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs.
Pedophilia and child sexual abuse have been important themes of many books. This article concentrates on the way both pedophilia and the sexual abuse of children by adults are described in literature, with a particular emphasis on fictional works about young boys.
There are Man/boy sections:
★ In fiction
★ In non-fiction
★ Criminal investigations and trials
★ Art and photography
★ Manga and anime
and there are similar Woman/boy sections
Novels with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme or content, featuring a man and a pubescent or pre-pubescent boy include:
★ ''33 Snowfish'', by Adam Rapp, written for young adults
:Orphan boy Custis has been sexually abused over a period of time by a vicious abuser, from the age of about 10 to 12, but has escaped at the start of the novel.[1]
★ ''35 Cents'' by Matty Lee
★ ''The Abomination'' by Paul Golding
:James Moore is first seduced at a 1950s Prep school by a master, Mr Wolfe, at age 9. From age 13 to 15 he is abused by his English public school music teacher Dr Fox
★ ''All American Boy'' by William J. Mann
:14-year-old Wally Day is loved, and abused, by Zandy
★ ''Allan Stein'' by Matthew Stadler
:After losing his high school teaching job over an accusation of sexual abuse, a writer assumes a false identity and seduces another boy in France, 15-year-old Stéphane.
★ ''The American Eagle, the Boy and the Paedophile'' by D. P. Mak
:Donny suffers an attack from a child molester when out riding his bike.
★ ''Apples and Pears'' by Guy Davenport
★ ''The Asbestos Diary'' by Casimir Dukahz
★ ''Avoidance'' by Michael Lowenthal
:Jeremy becomes infatuated with Max, a 14-year-old at summer camp. When Max confides in him that he has been molested by the camp director, Jeremy realises just how close he came to actually committing the same crime.
★ ''Bilal's Bread'' by Sulayman X
:Salim, now 26, has been raping his 16-year-old younger brother Bilal since he was 9 years old
★ ''Billy'' by Whitley Strieber
:The story of the abduction of 12-year-old Billy Neary by Barton Royal, a man who abducts, tortures and kills pubescent boys. Barton’s psychotic behaviour switches between extreme violence and interludes of self-delusion when he imagines that Billy could love him
★ ''Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West'' by Cormac McCarthy
:Judge Holden molests children, then kills them
★ ''Bom-Crioulo : the black man and the cabin boy'' by Adolfo Caminha
:A sailor falls in love with a beautiful white boy.
★ ''Boy O'Boy'', by Brian Doyle, written for young adults
:11-year-old Martin O’Boy and his friend Billy are molested by a church organist
★ ''The Boys Across the Street'' by Rick Sandford
★ ''The Brothers Bishop'' by Bart Yates
:Simon is abused during summer school
★ ''Bump in the Night'' by Isabelle Holland
:8-year-old Jonathan Tierney is abducted by Lawrence Miller, a child molester acting for a child pornography movie-maker
★ ''The Cardiff Team'' by Guy Davenport
:Sexually precocious boys and a licentious Boy Scout troop leader.
★ ''The Coming Storm'' by Paul Russell
:Tracy Parker has a love affair with Noah, a troubled 15-year-old student at a boys' prep school in upstate New York.
★ ''Il Conformista, The Conformist by Alberto Moravia
★ ''Contemplation of the unbearded : the Rubaiyyat of Awhadoddin Kermani'' by Peter Lamborn Wilson, aka Hakim Bey [[1]].
★ ''Counterfeit Son'' by Elaine Marie Alphin, written for young adults
:Cameron Miller is aged 14. He has been sexually abused all his life by his father, a serial killer of more than 20 young boys.[2]
★ ''The Counterfeiters: A Novel'', (published in France as Les faux-monnayeurs), by André Gide
:Edward is sexually attracted to his young nephew George
★ ''Crowstone (The Chronicles of Qamar)'' by Hakim Bey, aka Peter Lamborn Wilson
:A story of sorcery and boy love.
★ ''Daimler'' by Pål Johan Karlsen
: A middle-aged coach gets intimately involved with a fourteen-year-old boy, the great talent in the local cross-country skiing club.
★ ''The Deaf-Mute Boy'' by Joseph Geraci
:Maurice Burke, an archeology professor becomes deeply involved with Nidhal, a 13-year-old Tunisian boy
★ ''Death in Venice'', published originally in Germany as ''Der Tod in Venedig'', by Thomas Mann
:Gustav von Aschenbach is obsessed with the young Tadzio and a sexual attraction is implied though never described. Von Aschenbach never even speaks to the boy though their eyes meet
★ ''The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee'' by Matthew Stadler
:A timid professor is entangled in the schemes of a female dwarf, who uses his half-conscious desire for two young boys to manipulate him.
★ ''Dream Boy'' by Jim Grimsley
:Adolescent Nathan is sexually abused by his drunken father and it is clear that his mother knows, but does nothing. Nathan has a sexual relationship with Roy, an older boy who lives next door
★ ''The Dream Life'' by Bo Huston
:A 33-year-old tutor Hollis goes off with Jed, a 14-year-old pupil.
★ ''The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers'' by Guy Davenport
:Sexual relationships between teachers and young boys
★ '' by Alexander Chee
:Aphias Zhe (Fee) is aged 12 when he and other boys are molested by the choir director Big Eric Gorendt at their school in Maine.[3]
★ ''Embrace'' by Mark Behr
:Karl De Man, a 13-year-old pupil at an exclusive boys' school in 1970s South Africa falls in love with Dominic, a boy of his own age, whose parents know he is gay, and is abused by his choirmaster, Jacques Cilliers.
★ ''Enchanted Boy'' by Richie McMullen
:McMullen is molested in a cinema at the age of 8.
★ ''Fall from Grace'' by Andrew Greeley
:Abuse in the Catholic Church
★ ''Father of Lies'' by Brian Evenson
:The abuser is a lay provost from a religious sect.[4]
★ ''The Fall of Doctor Onslow'' by Frances Vernon
:An English public school Headmaster is forced to resign when his affair with one of the boys is discovered. The author's note states that she loosely based the story on that of Charles John Vaughan, Headmaster of Harrow School, 1844-59, who resigned under similar circumstances.
★ ''Fenny Skaller'' by John Henry Mackay from ''Books of the Nameless Love'', translated from German by Hubert Kennedy [[2]]
★ ''Finistère'' by Fritz Peters
:15-year-old Matthew falls in love with Micel, one of his teachers.
★ ''Flannelled Fool'', an autobiographical novel by T. C. Worsley
:Worsley describes his fascination with a series of beautiful boys, but never abuses any of them
★ ''For a Lost Soldier'' (''Voor een verloren soldaat'') by Rudi van Dantzig
:12-year-old Jeroen has a sexual relationship with a Canadian soldier during World War II.
★ ''The Fourth of June'' by David Benedictus
★ ''Frisk'' by Dennis Cooper (also the other novels in the sequence ''Closer'', ''Guide'', ''Try'' and ''Period'')
:33-year-old Dennis, exposed to child pornography when aged 13, writes about his serial killing: the murders may be real or be a fantasy.
★ ''God's Spy'' by Juan Gómez-Jurado
:A serial killer with a history of child sexual abuse.
★ ''Golden States'' by Michael Cunningham
:12-year-old David has sexual encounters with a couple of men.
★ ''A Good Start, Considering'' by Peter Ryde
:11-year-old London orphan Alan Carey is put into a children's home near the end of the Second World War and is abused by Jacko, a sadistic member of staff
★ ''Happy Baby'' by Stephen Elliott
:Theo is put into care aged 13 and brutally treated and sexually abused by Mr. Gracie, his caseworker, who protects him from other physical abuse.[3]
★ ''Hearts in Atlantis'' by Stephen King
:12-year-old Bobby Garfield is offered $3 for oral sex by a stranger
★ ''Hey, Joe'' by Ben Neihart
:The main plot concerns a lawsuit, filed by a group of orphans, alleging sexual abuse against Rae Schipke, executive director of the charitable foundation that supports their orphanage.[6]
★ ''The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' by JT LeRoy
:5-year-old Jeremiah is physically and sexually abused by his prostitute mother and raped by her trucker clients.
★ ''The Heavenly Cupid'', ''Water Cherubs'' and other texts by Ralph Nicholas Chubb
★ ''Hogg'' by Samuel R. Delany
:In a nightmare version of American suburbia after a social collapse, a man murders a young boy's family and takes the child as a sex partner in extreme sadomasochism.[4]
★ ''An Honorable Profession'' by John L'Heureux
:A High School boy in Boston who has been sodomised by a group of older students develops a crush on Miles Bannon, a popular English teacher. Miles fails to discourage it and this triggers accusations of child molestation when the boy commits suicide.[8] .
★ ''Houses Without Doors'' (short story: ''The Juniper Tree'') by Peter Straub
:A novelist recalls being sexually molested aged 7 in a movie house by a drifter called Stan.
★ ''How to Cope With Suburban Stress'' by David Galef
:Ted Sacks fantasises in chatrooms about molesting boys, then abducts Alex.[9]
★ ''The Immoralist'', (published in France as L'immoraliste) by André Gide
:Michel seeks out young Arab boys and his wife Marceline helps procure them for him.
★ ''In Tall Cotton'' by Charles Hulse
:A boy's sexual adventures from age 7 to 14 with other children and adult men.
★ ''Josey Rose: a novel'' by Jane Wood
:A minister tries to molest 11-year-old Josey Rose who has a sexual relationship with Lily, his adult cousin.[10]
★ ''Jumping the Scratch'' by Sarah Weeks, written for young adults
:Jamie is abused by a caretaker at the trailer park where he lives.[1]
★ ''Kim, My Beloved'' by Jens Eisenhardt
:The love of a 28-year-old teacher for a 14-year-old pupil.
★ ''Kit'' by Alan Edward
:A man’s relationship with a 12-year-old boy in an English psychiatric institute.
★ ''A Kind of Hush'', an autobiographical novel by Richard Johnson, originally titled as ''Getting Even''.[4]
★ ''Kite Music'' by Gary Shellhart
:Peter, an American exchange teacher, goes to Thailand and falls in love with Wichai, a 12-year-old boy.
★ ''Lamb'' by Bernard Mac Laverty
:Brother Sebastian (née Michael Lamb) befriends then abducts young Owen Kane from a reformatory. Michael does not molest the boy.
★ ''The Lantern Bearers'' by Ronald Frame
:14-year-old treble Neil Pritchard sings for composer Euan Bone every afternoon. The relationship develops into one of mutual affection and some physical intimacy, but there is no suggestion that Bone abuses the boy. Many years later, Neil discovers than Bone had abused another young boy
★ ''The Life I Lead'' by Keith Banner
:Dave Brewer becomes obsessed with 8-year-old Nathan.
★ ''Little Chicago'' by Adam Rapp
:11-year-old Blacky Brown is abused by his single mother's boyfriend.[2]
★ ''Livre d'Or des Textes Pédophiles: Des origines à nos jours'' by P. de Saintogne is an anthology of French literature with pedophile themes.
★ ''Lord Dismiss Us'' by Michael Campbell
★ ''Lost Boys'' by Orson Scott Card
:8-year-old Stevie dreams of imaginary friends, whose names match a child molester and serial killer's victims
★ ''Lovesong'' by Elizabeth Jolley[[3]][14]
★ ''Loving Sander'' by Joseph Geraci
:Will and 10-year-old Sander become very close and have a sexual relationship
★ ''Mac'' by John MacLean, written for young adults
: Mac is a 14-year-old schoolboy who is sexually assaulted by the school doctor during a routine examination.[1]
★ ''The Man with the Candy'' by Jack Olsen
★ ''The Man Without a Face'' by Isabelle Holland, written for young adults
:Justin McLeod, jailed for killing a boy in a road accident, spends many hours with the troubled 12-year-old Chuck Norstadt, leading to accusations of sexual abuse.
★ ''Middle Ground'' by Ursula Zilinsky
:14-year-old Tyl, a boy in a concentration camp has a relationship with a senior Nazi officer.
★ ''The Moralist'' by Rod Downey
:Red Rover mentors 12-year-old Jonathan and falls in love with him. He describes how Jonathan’s family reacts to his non-abusive relationship with their son
★ ''Morning Star'', Volume I of the novel sequences First Born of Egypt, by Simon Raven
★ ''My Fault'' by Billy Childish
:Autobiographical novel: Childish was sexually abused by a family friend when he was aged 9.[16]
★ ''Mysterious Skin'' by Scott Heim
: Neil and Brian are molested by their Little League coach
★ ''Mystic River'' by Dennis Lehane
:Dave is abducted by men posing as police as he is playing on the street with his friends Sean and Jimmy. He is returned home days later, after being molested. Years later, Jimmy's daughter is murdered, and he grows to suspect Dave.
★ ''A Natural Lizard Activity'' by B.J. Freedman
:A 13-year-old boy's love affair with a 31-year-old man
★ ''The Night Listener'' by Armistead Maupin
:A lonely woman pretends to be a male 13-year-old victim of sexual abuse in order to gain the friendship of a gay writer
★ ''Nobody's Son'' by Frank D. Keeling
★ ''The Paper Knife'' by Marc Talbert
:10-year-old Jeremy is sexually abused by George, his mother's live-in boyfriend.[1]
★ ''Perfect Match'' by Jodi Picoult
:Nathanial, the 5-year-old son of a lawyer specialising in child sexual abuse is himself abused.[18]
★ ''Playing Soldiers in the Dark'' by Stephen Dueweke
:An innocent 14-year-old boy is loved by his Physics teacher.
★ ''The Portrait of Mr. W.H.'' by Oscar Wilde
:Puts forward the theory that some of Shakespeare's sonnets were dedicated to a beautiful boy actor called Willie Hughes
★ ''The Priest: A Gothic Romance'' by Thomas M. Disch
:A priest with a history of abusing young boys is blackmailed.
★ ''The Priest and the Acolyte'' by John Francis Bloxam, from ''The Chameleon'', December 1894 [4]
:A short story of a tragic love between a priest and a 14-year-old acolyte, introduced by the prosecution at Oscar Wilde's trial.
★ ''The Priestly Sins : A Novel'' by Andrew Greeley
:Abuse in the Catholic Church.[19]
★ ''The Prince of Tides'' by Pat Conroy
★ ''The Pupil'' by Henry James
:Pemberton loves his 11-year-old pupil Morgan Moreen
★ ''Queer'' by William S. Burroughs
★ ''Rain Ascends'' by Joy Kogawa
:Reverend Shelby admits to abusing more than 300 boys[1]
★ ''Reasons of the Heart'' by Bron Nicholls
:Jonathan, an 11-year-old paper boy, moves with 25-year-old Fred and they live together in a sexual relationship for 5 years.
★ ''Return to Innocence'' by Gary M. Frazier
★ '' by Anthony Godby Johnson
:A 13-year-old boy's story of how he confronts sexual abuse, AIDS, and finds a real family - published as a true story
★ ''The Romance of a Choir Boy'' by John Gambril Nicholson
★ ''Rolling the R's'' by R. Zamora Linmark
:10-year-old Edgar, an openly gay boy, has a sexual relationship with the school caretaker.
★ ''A Room in the Woods'' by Patrick Drevet
:A relationship between a young man and a 12/13-year-old boy
★ ''Sandel'' by Angus Stewart
:David Rogers, a 19-year-old student, falls in love with 13-year-old Antony Sandel and they have sexual relationship.
★ ''Sarah'' by JT LeRoy
:'Sarah' is a 12-year-old boy dressed as a girl who is forced to be a prostitute.
★ ''Savage Justice'', by Ron Handberg.[4]
★ ''Sex Crimes of the Futcher'' by Billy Childish
★ '' by Matthew Stadler
:After abusing a twelve-year-old boy, a child molester is subjected to abusive psychological experiments.[9]
★ ''Shakespeare's Boy'' by Casimir Dukahz
:13-year-old Ruy is a boy actor playing female roles like Juliet and is portrayed as a willing participant in his sexual adventures.
★ ''Sins of the Fathers'' by Chris Lynch, written for young adults
:Three 13-year-old friends struggle with the revelation that one of them, an altar boy, is being abused by a priest
★ ''Sleepers'' by Lorenzo Carcaterra
:Four boys are sent to a juvenile detention center where they are physically and sexually abused by four of the guards
★ ''The Smell of Apples'' by Mark Behr
:10-year-old Marnus is devastated when he discovers that his Dad is abusing his best friend Frikkie. He spies his Dad sodomising Frikkie in the spare bedroom in the family home.
★ ''A Son Called Gabriel'' by Damian McNicholl
:Gabriel starts to suspect that he is not like other boys during puberty, and enjoys a series of childhood sex games with Noel, a young male friend, and also his cousin Connor. Gabriel is later abused at school by a priest, Father Cornelius
★ ''Song for a Raggy Boy'', written by Patrick Galvin
:A true story of abuse by Catholic clergy in an Irish Reformatory School
★ ''Songmaster'' by Orson Scott Card
:A future world of questionable morality where children ("Songbirds") are given drugs to delay puberty, then sold to wealthy patrons, some of whom abuse them sexually
★ ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' by François Augiéras
:An adolescent boy is sent to live with a 35-year-old priest, who becomes his teacher and spiritual mentor, but also abuses him physically and sexually
★ ''Special Friendships'', an autobiographical novel first published in France as ''Les amitiés particulières'', by Roger Peyrefitte. Published in the USA as ''Secret Friendships''
:Peyrefitte describes an intense, nonsexual, relationship between two French schoolboys and how this is destroyed by Father Lauzon, who is secretly also in love with the younger boy, Alexander Motier
★ ''Still Missing'' by Beth Gutcheon
:A gay housekeeper is suspected of molesting and kidnapping a 6-year-old boy
★ ''A Table of Green Fields: Ten Stories'' by Guy Davenport
:A young adolescent boy discovers his sexuality.
★ ''Talking to Strange Men'' by Ruth Rendell
★ ''Teardrops on My Drum'', an autobiographical novel, by Jack Robinson
★ ''Terre Haute'' by Will Aitken
:Jared is abused by Julian Clay, the new curator of the local museum.
★ ''Tietam Brown'' by Mick Foley
★ ''Time of our Darkness'' by Stephen Gray
★ ''Touched'' by Scott Campbell
:Child molester Jerry Houseman is in love with 12-year-old Robbie and doesn't understand why the rest of the world can't accept that the boy loves him back.[1] [[5]]p91.
★ ''The Treatment'' by Mo Hayder
:A husband and wife are found imprisoned and their young son, Rory, is missing.
★ '', an autobiographical novel, by Martin Moran, also published as ''The Tricky Part : A boy's story of sexual trespass, a man's journey to forgiveness''
:12-year-old Moran is abused by Bob Doyle at his new boys’ camp. The sexual relationship lasts till Moran is 15.[24]
★ ''Unspeakable Acts'' by Jan Hollingsworth
★ ''A Visit Home'' by Will Aitken
:Daniel was physically and sexually abused by his father from when he was an infant up to when he was a 5-year-old.[10]
★ ''What Happened to Mr. Forster?'' by Gary W. Bargar
:Mr. Forster, a known homosexual, befriends 12-year-old Louis Lamb, but doesn’t do anything inappropriate with the boy.
★ ''What We Do Is Secret'' by Thorn Kief Hillsbery
:Rocket, a 14-year-old punk, turns tricks in Hollywood
★ ''When Jeff Comes Home'' by Catherine Atkins, written for young adults
:13-year-old Jeff was kidnapped from a roadside rest stop, and spent two and a half years locked in a dark basement. He was physically and sexually abused and forced to have sex with Ray if he wanted to eat.[1]
★ ''When Jonathan Died'' by Tony Duvert
:Serge is aged 8 when Jonathan starts a sexual relationship with him and this continues until Serge is 10, when the boy begins making sexual demands of his own.
★ ''Whipping Boy'' by Gabrielle Lord
★ ''World of Wonders'' by Robertson Davies.[18]
★ ''The Wrong People'' by Robin Maugham
:An English school teacher on vacation in Morocco is introduced to the local boys.
Autobiographies, biographies or true stories with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme or content involving men and boys include:
★ ''Agony in the Garden'' by John Van Der Zee
:Pedophile priests in the Catholic Church in California
★ '', by Andrew Madden
:Madden is molested by a priest, Father Ivan Payne.[28]
★ ''An Inch from Murder: My Life As a Male Victim of Sexual Child Abuse'' by Nealus
★ ''A Tragedy Waiting to Happen: The Chaotic Life of Brendan O'Donnell'' by Tony and J.J. Muggivan.
:Irish Murderer who was believed to have been molested by a priest.
★ ''Autobiography of an Englishman'' by "Y"
★ '' by John Andrews
★ ''Billy'' by Pamela Stephenson-Connolly, the biography of her husband Billy Connolly
:Billy was sexually abused by his father as a child.
★ ''Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir'' by Paul Monette
★ ''Britten's Children'' by John Bridcut
:The composer Benjamin Britten's obsessional, yet innocent, relationships with young boys.
★ ''The Endless Search: A Memoir'' by David Ray
:The adolescent Ray was sent to live with John Warner, who sexually abused him.
★ ''Escape From The Shadows'' by Robin Maugham
:Maugham describes the night-time activities of pre-war pedophile Prep school masters
★ ''Father's Touch'' by Donald D'Haene
★ ''The Full Monty: Montgomery of Alamein, 1887-1942 Vol 1'' by Nigel Hamilton
:Field Marshal Montgomery's platonic love for young men and boys including 12-year-old Lucien Trueb, with whom he corresponded for many years.
★ ''Book Twelve'' of the ''Greek Anthology''
:Contains explicit poetry and epigrams on boy love
★ ''Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy, and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio'' by Karen Liebreich
:Child sexual abuse in the Piarists Order founded by Joseph Calasanz
★ '' by Richard Hoffman
:Hoffman is abused by his coach when he is aged 10
★ ''If it die'' by André Gide, published in France in 1902 as ''Si le grain ne meurt''
★ ''J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys'' by Andrew Birkin, also the subject of the docudrama The Lost Boys
★ ''Moab is My Washpot'' by Stephen Fry
★ ''Out of Bounds'' by Roy Simmons and Damon DiMarco
★ ''Please, Daddy, No: A Boy Betrayed'' by Stuart Howarth
★ ''The Quest For Corvo'' by A. J. A. Symons
★ ''The Real Tadzio: Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice" and the Boy Who Inspired It'' by Gilbert Adair
:The story of Mann's infatuation with a beautiful 11-year-old Polish boy
★ ''Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
:12-year-old Burroughs is sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist Dr. Finch when his parents separate. Burroughs has an extended love affair, aged 13 to 15, with Neil Bookman, the 33-year-old adopted son of the psychiatrist.
★ ''Secret Life: an autobiography'' by Michael Ryan
:Ryan was molested by a neighbor from the age of 5.[29]
★ ''States of Desire: Travels in Gay America'' by Edmund White
★ '', by Carolyn Lehman
:10-year-old Jonathan is abused by his babysitter, Father Jim, a priest; Arturo, aged 10, is groomed and then raped by two men he met in the neighborhood; Tino is only 5 when he is abused by his grandmother."Carolyn Lehman: Strong At The Heart"]
★ ''The World, The Flesh and Myself'' by Michael Davidson
:Davidson describes how he sought out young boys and adolescents for sex in 1930s London
★ ''Some Boys'' by Michael Davidson
:Davidson's follow up to ''The World, The Flesh and Myself''
Other non-fictional works involving boys include:
★ ''Dares to Speak'', by Joseph Geraci
:anthology of essays, interviews and other information on pedophilia
★ ''Death Of Narcissus'' by Morris Fraser
:paedophilia themes in pre-Nabokov literature
★ ''L'enfant Au Masculin'' by Tony Duvert
★ ''Erotic Innocence: The culture of child molesting'' by James R. Kincaid
★ ''Loving Boys'' by Edward Brongersma
★ ''Male Intergenerational Intimacy: Historical, Socio-Psychological, and Legal Perspectives'' by Theo Sandfort
★ ''Brother Tony's Boys: The Largest Case of Child Prostitution in U.S. History: A True Story'' by Mike Echols
:Brother Tony Leyva and other churchmen molest hundreds of boys
★ ''A City Possessed'' by Lynley Hood
:The Christchurch Civic Creche child abuse allegations in New Zealand.
★ ''I Know My First Name Is Steven'' by Mike Echols
:The story of the abduction of 7-year-old Steven Stayner
★ ''Krici Hlasem Zrady'' (They Are Shouting the Voice of Betrayal) by Vaclav Novak
:Chronicles the abuse of over 20 boys by a priest František Merta
★ ''A Message from Heaven: The Life and Crimes of Father Seán Fortune'' by Alison O'Connor
★ ''Slayer of Innocence'', a biography by Jim Conover
:A lengthy investigation into the abuse and murder of fourteen boys, aged from 7 to 14
Books on Michael Jackson's relationships with boys include:
★ ''All That Glitters: The Crime and the Cover-up'' by Raymond Chandler
★ ''Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case'' by Diane Dimond
★ ''Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask'' by Bob Jones and Stacy Brown
★ ''Michael Jackson Was My Lover: The Secret Diary of Jordie Chandler'' by Victor M. Gutierrez
★ ''Redemption: The Truth Behind the Michael Jackson Child Molestation Allegations'' by Geraldine Hughes
Books on the Menendez trial, where the Menendez brothers, who murdered their parents, claimed they had been sexually abused as children include:
★ ''Blood Brothers: The Inside Story of the Menendez Murders'' by Ron Soble and John H. Johnson
★ ''Bad Blood: The Shocking True Story Behind the Menendez Killings'' by Don Davis
★ ''The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez: In His Own Words!'' by Lyle Menendez, Norma Novelli, Mike Walker and Judith Spreckels
★ ''Hung Jury: The Diary of a Menendez Juror'' by Hazel Thornton, Erik Menendez, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Amy J. Posey and Alan W. Scheflin
★ ''The Abuse Excuse: And Other Cop-outs, Sob Stories, and Evasions of Responsibility'' by Alan Dershowitz
:A discussion of childhood sexual abuse as an excuse for criminal acts - includes the Menendez brothers case.
''Painted Black'' by Carl A. Raschke
:The Satanic ritual abuse of children.
A number of photographic collections have been published by men that depict pre-pubertal, pubertal and adolescent boys either naked or in poses that have caused controversy:
★ ''Boys'' and other monographs by Will McBride
★ ''The Boy, A Photographic Essay'' 1964
:Includes pictures from the 1960 film of ''Lord of the Flies''[6]
★ ''Coming of Age'' is a collection by Will McBride and contains an essay by Guy Davenport
★ ''Eric Fischl: 1970-2000'' by Arthur C. Danto, Robert Enright and Steve Martin
★ ''Radiant Identities'' by Jock Sturges
★ ''Scenes and Portraits from a Rural Life'' and ''Darren's Summer'' by Mike Tedder
★ ''Von Gloeden: Erotic Photographs'' by Peter Weiermair
In 1993, five paintings and thirty-five drawings were removed from an exhibition of works by Eli Langer at Mercer Union by the Toronto Police. Charges made under the Child Pornography Act were subsequently withdrawn, but Langer's paintings and drawings were subject to a forfeiture order. The works of art depict children involved in sexual acts.
The manga work ''But I'm Your Teacher'' by Yoshino Somei has a short story where a convicted pedophile photographer picks up a young foreign boy in order to use him as the subject of his work. Throughout the story, the boy is raped by a man brought in by the photographer, and later instigates consensual sex with the photographer himself.
''Shotacon'' is a Japanese term for a sexual complex where an adult is attracted to an underage boy and is applied to artwork or manga depicting pre-pubescent or pubescent boys. Boku no Pico is an example of a shotacon anime. The female equivalent of shotacon could be considered lolicon.
''Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan'', literally translated as ''Club-To-Death Angel'' is a fiction series written by Masaki Okayu. It was a serialised Japanese light novel, then manga and anime versions were created. A young boy stops girls aged 12 from maturing and is accused of creating a pedophile's heaven. Dragon Ball is the first part of the anime adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga written by Akira Toriyama. Blue displays sexual interest towards a young boy.
For pedophilia in literature involving girls see Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction (girls).
Novels with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme or content featuring a woman and a boy include:
★ ''Ekaterina'' by Donald Harington
:27-year-old Ekaterina seduces three 12-year-old boys - Kenny, Jason and then Travis Coe.[4]
★ ''The End of Alice'' by A. M. Homes
:A 19-year-old girl seduces a 12-year-old boy called Matthew and describes the abuse in correspondence with a jailed child sexual abuser.[9]
★ ''Notes on a Scandal'' by Zoë Heller
:A teacher has a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student
★ ''Until I Find You'' by John Irving
:Five-year-old Jack is sexually abused by the girls at school as well as by the teachers
★ ''Finding Fish'' by Antwone Fisher
:8-year-old Antwone Fisher is sexually abused by a female babysitter
★ ''No Longer Human'' by Osamu Dazai
:Youzou Ooba (Yozo), a boy about 10 ten years old, is sexually abused by a maid in his house. An autobiographical novel.
★ ''Scar Tissue'' by Anthony Kiedis
:Anthony Kiedis, lead singer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, talks about his experiences of losing his virginity at age 12 to a woman of 18.
A number of books have been published on the Mary Kay Letourneau case. She was arrested and imprisoned for having sex with Vili Fualaau, a 13-year-old boy with whom she had two children and subsequently married.
★ ''Un seul crime, l'amour'' by Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau
★ ''The Mary Kay Letourneau Affair'' by James Robinson
★ ''Mass with Mary: The Prison Years'' by Christina Dress with Tama-Lisa Johnson and Mary Kay Letourneau
★ ''If Loving You is Wrong'' by Gregg Olsen
A number of photographic collections have been published by women that depict pre-pubertal, pubertal and adolescent boys either naked or in poses that have caused controversy:
★ ''The Boy'' (published in the USA as ''The Beautiful Boy'')
:A photographic study written by Germaine Greer. She says, of boys, "some are staggeringly, even supernaturally beautiful."
★ ''Immediate Family'' by Sally Mann
★ Gullette, Margaret Morganroth (1984). "The Exile of Adulthood: Pedophilia in the Midlife Novel," ''Novel: A Forum on Fiction'', 17(3), 215-232.
Note: this article does not list the many academic or other learned works written on the subject of pedophilia [7] and child sexual abuse [8].
★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction (girls)
★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in films
★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in the theatre
★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs
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Pedophilia and child sexual abuse have been important themes of many books. This article concentrates on the way both pedophilia and the sexual abuse of children by adults are described in literature, with a particular emphasis on fictional works about young boys.
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★ In fiction
★ In non-fiction
★ Criminal investigations and trials
★ Art and photography
★ Manga and anime
and there are similar Woman/boy sections
Man/boy
In fiction
Novels with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme or content, featuring a man and a pubescent or pre-pubescent boy include:
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★ ''33 Snowfish'', by Adam Rapp, written for young adults
:Orphan boy Custis has been sexually abused over a period of time by a vicious abuser, from the age of about 10 to 12, but has escaped at the start of the novel.[1]
★ ''35 Cents'' by Matty Lee
A
★ ''The Abomination'' by Paul Golding
:James Moore is first seduced at a 1950s Prep school by a master, Mr Wolfe, at age 9. From age 13 to 15 he is abused by his English public school music teacher Dr Fox
★ ''All American Boy'' by William J. Mann
:14-year-old Wally Day is loved, and abused, by Zandy
★ ''Allan Stein'' by Matthew Stadler
:After losing his high school teaching job over an accusation of sexual abuse, a writer assumes a false identity and seduces another boy in France, 15-year-old Stéphane.
★ ''The American Eagle, the Boy and the Paedophile'' by D. P. Mak
:Donny suffers an attack from a child molester when out riding his bike.
★ ''Apples and Pears'' by Guy Davenport
★ ''The Asbestos Diary'' by Casimir Dukahz
★ ''Avoidance'' by Michael Lowenthal
:Jeremy becomes infatuated with Max, a 14-year-old at summer camp. When Max confides in him that he has been molested by the camp director, Jeremy realises just how close he came to actually committing the same crime.
B
★ ''Bilal's Bread'' by Sulayman X
:Salim, now 26, has been raping his 16-year-old younger brother Bilal since he was 9 years old
★ ''Billy'' by Whitley Strieber
:The story of the abduction of 12-year-old Billy Neary by Barton Royal, a man who abducts, tortures and kills pubescent boys. Barton’s psychotic behaviour switches between extreme violence and interludes of self-delusion when he imagines that Billy could love him
★ ''Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West'' by Cormac McCarthy
:Judge Holden molests children, then kills them
★ ''Bom-Crioulo : the black man and the cabin boy'' by Adolfo Caminha
:A sailor falls in love with a beautiful white boy.
★ ''Boy O'Boy'', by Brian Doyle, written for young adults
:11-year-old Martin O’Boy and his friend Billy are molested by a church organist
★ ''The Boys Across the Street'' by Rick Sandford
★ ''The Brothers Bishop'' by Bart Yates
:Simon is abused during summer school
★ ''Bump in the Night'' by Isabelle Holland
:8-year-old Jonathan Tierney is abducted by Lawrence Miller, a child molester acting for a child pornography movie-maker
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★ ''The Cardiff Team'' by Guy Davenport
:Sexually precocious boys and a licentious Boy Scout troop leader.
★ ''The Coming Storm'' by Paul Russell
:Tracy Parker has a love affair with Noah, a troubled 15-year-old student at a boys' prep school in upstate New York.
★ ''Il Conformista, The Conformist by Alberto Moravia
★ ''Contemplation of the unbearded : the Rubaiyyat of Awhadoddin Kermani'' by Peter Lamborn Wilson, aka Hakim Bey [[1]].
★ ''Counterfeit Son'' by Elaine Marie Alphin, written for young adults
:Cameron Miller is aged 14. He has been sexually abused all his life by his father, a serial killer of more than 20 young boys.[2]
★ ''The Counterfeiters: A Novel'', (published in France as Les faux-monnayeurs), by André Gide
:Edward is sexually attracted to his young nephew George
★ ''Crowstone (The Chronicles of Qamar)'' by Hakim Bey, aka Peter Lamborn Wilson
:A story of sorcery and boy love.
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★ ''Daimler'' by Pål Johan Karlsen
: A middle-aged coach gets intimately involved with a fourteen-year-old boy, the great talent in the local cross-country skiing club.
★ ''The Deaf-Mute Boy'' by Joseph Geraci
:Maurice Burke, an archeology professor becomes deeply involved with Nidhal, a 13-year-old Tunisian boy
★ ''Death in Venice'', published originally in Germany as ''Der Tod in Venedig'', by Thomas Mann
:Gustav von Aschenbach is obsessed with the young Tadzio and a sexual attraction is implied though never described. Von Aschenbach never even speaks to the boy though their eyes meet
★ ''The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee'' by Matthew Stadler
:A timid professor is entangled in the schemes of a female dwarf, who uses his half-conscious desire for two young boys to manipulate him.
★ ''Dream Boy'' by Jim Grimsley
:Adolescent Nathan is sexually abused by his drunken father and it is clear that his mother knows, but does nothing. Nathan has a sexual relationship with Roy, an older boy who lives next door
★ ''The Dream Life'' by Bo Huston
:A 33-year-old tutor Hollis goes off with Jed, a 14-year-old pupil.
★ ''The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers'' by Guy Davenport
:Sexual relationships between teachers and young boys
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★ '' by Alexander Chee
:Aphias Zhe (Fee) is aged 12 when he and other boys are molested by the choir director Big Eric Gorendt at their school in Maine.[3]
★ ''Embrace'' by Mark Behr
:Karl De Man, a 13-year-old pupil at an exclusive boys' school in 1970s South Africa falls in love with Dominic, a boy of his own age, whose parents know he is gay, and is abused by his choirmaster, Jacques Cilliers.
★ ''Enchanted Boy'' by Richie McMullen
:McMullen is molested in a cinema at the age of 8.
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★ ''Fall from Grace'' by Andrew Greeley
:Abuse in the Catholic Church
★ ''Father of Lies'' by Brian Evenson
:The abuser is a lay provost from a religious sect.[4]
★ ''The Fall of Doctor Onslow'' by Frances Vernon
:An English public school Headmaster is forced to resign when his affair with one of the boys is discovered. The author's note states that she loosely based the story on that of Charles John Vaughan, Headmaster of Harrow School, 1844-59, who resigned under similar circumstances.
★ ''Fenny Skaller'' by John Henry Mackay from ''Books of the Nameless Love'', translated from German by Hubert Kennedy [[2]]
★ ''Finistère'' by Fritz Peters
:15-year-old Matthew falls in love with Micel, one of his teachers.
★ ''Flannelled Fool'', an autobiographical novel by T. C. Worsley
:Worsley describes his fascination with a series of beautiful boys, but never abuses any of them
★ ''For a Lost Soldier'' (''Voor een verloren soldaat'') by Rudi van Dantzig
:12-year-old Jeroen has a sexual relationship with a Canadian soldier during World War II.
★ ''The Fourth of June'' by David Benedictus
★ ''Frisk'' by Dennis Cooper (also the other novels in the sequence ''Closer'', ''Guide'', ''Try'' and ''Period'')
:33-year-old Dennis, exposed to child pornography when aged 13, writes about his serial killing: the murders may be real or be a fantasy.
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★ ''God's Spy'' by Juan Gómez-Jurado
:A serial killer with a history of child sexual abuse.
★ ''Golden States'' by Michael Cunningham
:12-year-old David has sexual encounters with a couple of men.
★ ''A Good Start, Considering'' by Peter Ryde
:11-year-old London orphan Alan Carey is put into a children's home near the end of the Second World War and is abused by Jacko, a sadistic member of staff
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★ ''Happy Baby'' by Stephen Elliott
:Theo is put into care aged 13 and brutally treated and sexually abused by Mr. Gracie, his caseworker, who protects him from other physical abuse.[3]
★ ''Hearts in Atlantis'' by Stephen King
:12-year-old Bobby Garfield is offered $3 for oral sex by a stranger
★ ''Hey, Joe'' by Ben Neihart
:The main plot concerns a lawsuit, filed by a group of orphans, alleging sexual abuse against Rae Schipke, executive director of the charitable foundation that supports their orphanage.[6]
★ ''The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' by JT LeRoy
:5-year-old Jeremiah is physically and sexually abused by his prostitute mother and raped by her trucker clients.
★ ''The Heavenly Cupid'', ''Water Cherubs'' and other texts by Ralph Nicholas Chubb
★ ''Hogg'' by Samuel R. Delany
:In a nightmare version of American suburbia after a social collapse, a man murders a young boy's family and takes the child as a sex partner in extreme sadomasochism.[4]
★ ''An Honorable Profession'' by John L'Heureux
:A High School boy in Boston who has been sodomised by a group of older students develops a crush on Miles Bannon, a popular English teacher. Miles fails to discourage it and this triggers accusations of child molestation when the boy commits suicide.[8] .
★ ''Houses Without Doors'' (short story: ''The Juniper Tree'') by Peter Straub
:A novelist recalls being sexually molested aged 7 in a movie house by a drifter called Stan.
★ ''How to Cope With Suburban Stress'' by David Galef
:Ted Sacks fantasises in chatrooms about molesting boys, then abducts Alex.[9]
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★ ''The Immoralist'', (published in France as L'immoraliste) by André Gide
:Michel seeks out young Arab boys and his wife Marceline helps procure them for him.
★ ''In Tall Cotton'' by Charles Hulse
:A boy's sexual adventures from age 7 to 14 with other children and adult men.
J
★ ''Josey Rose: a novel'' by Jane Wood
:A minister tries to molest 11-year-old Josey Rose who has a sexual relationship with Lily, his adult cousin.[10]
★ ''Jumping the Scratch'' by Sarah Weeks, written for young adults
:Jamie is abused by a caretaker at the trailer park where he lives.[1]
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★ ''Kim, My Beloved'' by Jens Eisenhardt
:The love of a 28-year-old teacher for a 14-year-old pupil.
★ ''Kit'' by Alan Edward
:A man’s relationship with a 12-year-old boy in an English psychiatric institute.
★ ''A Kind of Hush'', an autobiographical novel by Richard Johnson, originally titled as ''Getting Even''.[4]
★ ''Kite Music'' by Gary Shellhart
:Peter, an American exchange teacher, goes to Thailand and falls in love with Wichai, a 12-year-old boy.
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★ ''Lamb'' by Bernard Mac Laverty
:Brother Sebastian (née Michael Lamb) befriends then abducts young Owen Kane from a reformatory. Michael does not molest the boy.
★ ''The Lantern Bearers'' by Ronald Frame
:14-year-old treble Neil Pritchard sings for composer Euan Bone every afternoon. The relationship develops into one of mutual affection and some physical intimacy, but there is no suggestion that Bone abuses the boy. Many years later, Neil discovers than Bone had abused another young boy
★ ''The Life I Lead'' by Keith Banner
:Dave Brewer becomes obsessed with 8-year-old Nathan.
★ ''Little Chicago'' by Adam Rapp
:11-year-old Blacky Brown is abused by his single mother's boyfriend.[2]
★ ''Livre d'Or des Textes Pédophiles: Des origines à nos jours'' by P. de Saintogne is an anthology of French literature with pedophile themes.
★ ''Lord Dismiss Us'' by Michael Campbell
★ ''Lost Boys'' by Orson Scott Card
:8-year-old Stevie dreams of imaginary friends, whose names match a child molester and serial killer's victims
★ ''Lovesong'' by Elizabeth Jolley[[3]][14]
★ ''Loving Sander'' by Joseph Geraci
:Will and 10-year-old Sander become very close and have a sexual relationship
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★ ''Mac'' by John MacLean, written for young adults
: Mac is a 14-year-old schoolboy who is sexually assaulted by the school doctor during a routine examination.[1]
★ ''The Man with the Candy'' by Jack Olsen
★ ''The Man Without a Face'' by Isabelle Holland, written for young adults
:Justin McLeod, jailed for killing a boy in a road accident, spends many hours with the troubled 12-year-old Chuck Norstadt, leading to accusations of sexual abuse.
★ ''Middle Ground'' by Ursula Zilinsky
:14-year-old Tyl, a boy in a concentration camp has a relationship with a senior Nazi officer.
★ ''The Moralist'' by Rod Downey
:Red Rover mentors 12-year-old Jonathan and falls in love with him. He describes how Jonathan’s family reacts to his non-abusive relationship with their son
★ ''Morning Star'', Volume I of the novel sequences First Born of Egypt, by Simon Raven
★ ''My Fault'' by Billy Childish
:Autobiographical novel: Childish was sexually abused by a family friend when he was aged 9.[16]
★ ''Mysterious Skin'' by Scott Heim
: Neil and Brian are molested by their Little League coach
★ ''Mystic River'' by Dennis Lehane
:Dave is abducted by men posing as police as he is playing on the street with his friends Sean and Jimmy. He is returned home days later, after being molested. Years later, Jimmy's daughter is murdered, and he grows to suspect Dave.
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★ ''A Natural Lizard Activity'' by B.J. Freedman
:A 13-year-old boy's love affair with a 31-year-old man
★ ''The Night Listener'' by Armistead Maupin
:A lonely woman pretends to be a male 13-year-old victim of sexual abuse in order to gain the friendship of a gay writer
★ ''Nobody's Son'' by Frank D. Keeling
P
★ ''The Paper Knife'' by Marc Talbert
:10-year-old Jeremy is sexually abused by George, his mother's live-in boyfriend.[1]
★ ''Perfect Match'' by Jodi Picoult
:Nathanial, the 5-year-old son of a lawyer specialising in child sexual abuse is himself abused.[18]
★ ''Playing Soldiers in the Dark'' by Stephen Dueweke
:An innocent 14-year-old boy is loved by his Physics teacher.
★ ''The Portrait of Mr. W.H.'' by Oscar Wilde
:Puts forward the theory that some of Shakespeare's sonnets were dedicated to a beautiful boy actor called Willie Hughes
★ ''The Priest: A Gothic Romance'' by Thomas M. Disch
:A priest with a history of abusing young boys is blackmailed.
★ ''The Priest and the Acolyte'' by John Francis Bloxam, from ''The Chameleon'', December 1894 [4]
:A short story of a tragic love between a priest and a 14-year-old acolyte, introduced by the prosecution at Oscar Wilde's trial.
★ ''The Priestly Sins : A Novel'' by Andrew Greeley
:Abuse in the Catholic Church.[19]
★ ''The Prince of Tides'' by Pat Conroy
★ ''The Pupil'' by Henry James
:Pemberton loves his 11-year-old pupil Morgan Moreen
Q
★ ''Queer'' by William S. Burroughs
R
★ ''Rain Ascends'' by Joy Kogawa
:Reverend Shelby admits to abusing more than 300 boys[1]
★ ''Reasons of the Heart'' by Bron Nicholls
:Jonathan, an 11-year-old paper boy, moves with 25-year-old Fred and they live together in a sexual relationship for 5 years.
★ ''Return to Innocence'' by Gary M. Frazier
★ '' by Anthony Godby Johnson
:A 13-year-old boy's story of how he confronts sexual abuse, AIDS, and finds a real family - published as a true story
★ ''The Romance of a Choir Boy'' by John Gambril Nicholson
★ ''Rolling the R's'' by R. Zamora Linmark
:10-year-old Edgar, an openly gay boy, has a sexual relationship with the school caretaker.
★ ''A Room in the Woods'' by Patrick Drevet
:A relationship between a young man and a 12/13-year-old boy
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★ ''Sandel'' by Angus Stewart
:David Rogers, a 19-year-old student, falls in love with 13-year-old Antony Sandel and they have sexual relationship.
★ ''Sarah'' by JT LeRoy
:'Sarah' is a 12-year-old boy dressed as a girl who is forced to be a prostitute.
★ ''Savage Justice'', by Ron Handberg.[4]
★ ''Sex Crimes of the Futcher'' by Billy Childish
★ '' by Matthew Stadler
:After abusing a twelve-year-old boy, a child molester is subjected to abusive psychological experiments.[9]
★ ''Shakespeare's Boy'' by Casimir Dukahz
:13-year-old Ruy is a boy actor playing female roles like Juliet and is portrayed as a willing participant in his sexual adventures.
★ ''Sins of the Fathers'' by Chris Lynch, written for young adults
:Three 13-year-old friends struggle with the revelation that one of them, an altar boy, is being abused by a priest
★ ''Sleepers'' by Lorenzo Carcaterra
:Four boys are sent to a juvenile detention center where they are physically and sexually abused by four of the guards
★ ''The Smell of Apples'' by Mark Behr
:10-year-old Marnus is devastated when he discovers that his Dad is abusing his best friend Frikkie. He spies his Dad sodomising Frikkie in the spare bedroom in the family home.
★ ''A Son Called Gabriel'' by Damian McNicholl
:Gabriel starts to suspect that he is not like other boys during puberty, and enjoys a series of childhood sex games with Noel, a young male friend, and also his cousin Connor. Gabriel is later abused at school by a priest, Father Cornelius
★ ''Song for a Raggy Boy'', written by Patrick Galvin
:A true story of abuse by Catholic clergy in an Irish Reformatory School
★ ''Songmaster'' by Orson Scott Card
:A future world of questionable morality where children ("Songbirds") are given drugs to delay puberty, then sold to wealthy patrons, some of whom abuse them sexually
★ ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' by François Augiéras
:An adolescent boy is sent to live with a 35-year-old priest, who becomes his teacher and spiritual mentor, but also abuses him physically and sexually
★ ''Special Friendships'', an autobiographical novel first published in France as ''Les amitiés particulières'', by Roger Peyrefitte. Published in the USA as ''Secret Friendships''
:Peyrefitte describes an intense, nonsexual, relationship between two French schoolboys and how this is destroyed by Father Lauzon, who is secretly also in love with the younger boy, Alexander Motier
★ ''Still Missing'' by Beth Gutcheon
:A gay housekeeper is suspected of molesting and kidnapping a 6-year-old boy
T
★ ''A Table of Green Fields: Ten Stories'' by Guy Davenport
:A young adolescent boy discovers his sexuality.
★ ''Talking to Strange Men'' by Ruth Rendell
★ ''Teardrops on My Drum'', an autobiographical novel, by Jack Robinson
★ ''Terre Haute'' by Will Aitken
:Jared is abused by Julian Clay, the new curator of the local museum.
★ ''Tietam Brown'' by Mick Foley
★ ''Time of our Darkness'' by Stephen Gray
★ ''Touched'' by Scott Campbell
:Child molester Jerry Houseman is in love with 12-year-old Robbie and doesn't understand why the rest of the world can't accept that the boy loves him back.[1] [[5]]p91.
★ ''The Treatment'' by Mo Hayder
:A husband and wife are found imprisoned and their young son, Rory, is missing.
★ '', an autobiographical novel, by Martin Moran, also published as ''The Tricky Part : A boy's story of sexual trespass, a man's journey to forgiveness''
:12-year-old Moran is abused by Bob Doyle at his new boys’ camp. The sexual relationship lasts till Moran is 15.[24]
U
★ ''Unspeakable Acts'' by Jan Hollingsworth
V
★ ''A Visit Home'' by Will Aitken
:Daniel was physically and sexually abused by his father from when he was an infant up to when he was a 5-year-old.[10]
W
★ ''What Happened to Mr. Forster?'' by Gary W. Bargar
:Mr. Forster, a known homosexual, befriends 12-year-old Louis Lamb, but doesn’t do anything inappropriate with the boy.
★ ''What We Do Is Secret'' by Thorn Kief Hillsbery
:Rocket, a 14-year-old punk, turns tricks in Hollywood
★ ''When Jeff Comes Home'' by Catherine Atkins, written for young adults
:13-year-old Jeff was kidnapped from a roadside rest stop, and spent two and a half years locked in a dark basement. He was physically and sexually abused and forced to have sex with Ray if he wanted to eat.[1]
★ ''When Jonathan Died'' by Tony Duvert
:Serge is aged 8 when Jonathan starts a sexual relationship with him and this continues until Serge is 10, when the boy begins making sexual demands of his own.
★ ''Whipping Boy'' by Gabrielle Lord
★ ''World of Wonders'' by Robertson Davies.[18]
★ ''The Wrong People'' by Robin Maugham
:An English school teacher on vacation in Morocco is introduced to the local boys.
In non-fiction
Autobiographies, biographies or true stories with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme or content involving men and boys include:
★ ''Agony in the Garden'' by John Van Der Zee
:Pedophile priests in the Catholic Church in California
★ '', by Andrew Madden
:Madden is molested by a priest, Father Ivan Payne.[28]
★ ''An Inch from Murder: My Life As a Male Victim of Sexual Child Abuse'' by Nealus
★ ''A Tragedy Waiting to Happen: The Chaotic Life of Brendan O'Donnell'' by Tony and J.J. Muggivan.
:Irish Murderer who was believed to have been molested by a priest.
★ ''Autobiography of an Englishman'' by "Y"
★ '' by John Andrews
★ ''Billy'' by Pamela Stephenson-Connolly, the biography of her husband Billy Connolly
:Billy was sexually abused by his father as a child.
★ ''Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir'' by Paul Monette
★ ''Britten's Children'' by John Bridcut
:The composer Benjamin Britten's obsessional, yet innocent, relationships with young boys.
★ ''The Endless Search: A Memoir'' by David Ray
:The adolescent Ray was sent to live with John Warner, who sexually abused him.
★ ''Escape From The Shadows'' by Robin Maugham
:Maugham describes the night-time activities of pre-war pedophile Prep school masters
★ ''Father's Touch'' by Donald D'Haene
★ ''The Full Monty: Montgomery of Alamein, 1887-1942 Vol 1'' by Nigel Hamilton
:Field Marshal Montgomery's platonic love for young men and boys including 12-year-old Lucien Trueb, with whom he corresponded for many years.
★ ''Book Twelve'' of the ''Greek Anthology''
:Contains explicit poetry and epigrams on boy love
★ ''Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy, and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio'' by Karen Liebreich
:Child sexual abuse in the Piarists Order founded by Joseph Calasanz
★ '' by Richard Hoffman
:Hoffman is abused by his coach when he is aged 10
★ ''If it die'' by André Gide, published in France in 1902 as ''Si le grain ne meurt''
★ ''J.M. Barrie and the Lost Boys'' by Andrew Birkin, also the subject of the docudrama The Lost Boys
★ ''Moab is My Washpot'' by Stephen Fry
★ ''Out of Bounds'' by Roy Simmons and Damon DiMarco
★ ''Please, Daddy, No: A Boy Betrayed'' by Stuart Howarth
★ ''The Quest For Corvo'' by A. J. A. Symons
★ ''The Real Tadzio: Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice" and the Boy Who Inspired It'' by Gilbert Adair
:The story of Mann's infatuation with a beautiful 11-year-old Polish boy
★ ''Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
:12-year-old Burroughs is sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist Dr. Finch when his parents separate. Burroughs has an extended love affair, aged 13 to 15, with Neil Bookman, the 33-year-old adopted son of the psychiatrist.
★ ''Secret Life: an autobiography'' by Michael Ryan
:Ryan was molested by a neighbor from the age of 5.[29]
★ ''States of Desire: Travels in Gay America'' by Edmund White
★ '', by Carolyn Lehman
:10-year-old Jonathan is abused by his babysitter, Father Jim, a priest; Arturo, aged 10, is groomed and then raped by two men he met in the neighborhood; Tino is only 5 when he is abused by his grandmother."Carolyn Lehman: Strong At The Heart"]
★ ''The World, The Flesh and Myself'' by Michael Davidson
:Davidson describes how he sought out young boys and adolescents for sex in 1930s London
★ ''Some Boys'' by Michael Davidson
:Davidson's follow up to ''The World, The Flesh and Myself''
Other non-fictional works involving boys include:
★ ''Dares to Speak'', by Joseph Geraci
:anthology of essays, interviews and other information on pedophilia
★ ''Death Of Narcissus'' by Morris Fraser
:paedophilia themes in pre-Nabokov literature
★ ''L'enfant Au Masculin'' by Tony Duvert
★ ''Erotic Innocence: The culture of child molesting'' by James R. Kincaid
★ ''Loving Boys'' by Edward Brongersma
★ ''Male Intergenerational Intimacy: Historical, Socio-Psychological, and Legal Perspectives'' by Theo Sandfort
Criminal investigations and trials
★ ''Brother Tony's Boys: The Largest Case of Child Prostitution in U.S. History: A True Story'' by Mike Echols
:Brother Tony Leyva and other churchmen molest hundreds of boys
★ ''A City Possessed'' by Lynley Hood
:The Christchurch Civic Creche child abuse allegations in New Zealand.
★ ''I Know My First Name Is Steven'' by Mike Echols
:The story of the abduction of 7-year-old Steven Stayner
★ ''Krici Hlasem Zrady'' (They Are Shouting the Voice of Betrayal) by Vaclav Novak
:Chronicles the abuse of over 20 boys by a priest František Merta
★ ''A Message from Heaven: The Life and Crimes of Father Seán Fortune'' by Alison O'Connor
★ ''Slayer of Innocence'', a biography by Jim Conover
:A lengthy investigation into the abuse and murder of fourteen boys, aged from 7 to 14
Books on Michael Jackson's relationships with boys include:
★ ''All That Glitters: The Crime and the Cover-up'' by Raymond Chandler
★ ''Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case'' by Diane Dimond
★ ''Michael Jackson: The Man behind the Mask'' by Bob Jones and Stacy Brown
★ ''Michael Jackson Was My Lover: The Secret Diary of Jordie Chandler'' by Victor M. Gutierrez
★ ''Redemption: The Truth Behind the Michael Jackson Child Molestation Allegations'' by Geraldine Hughes
Books on the Menendez trial, where the Menendez brothers, who murdered their parents, claimed they had been sexually abused as children include:
★ ''Blood Brothers: The Inside Story of the Menendez Murders'' by Ron Soble and John H. Johnson
★ ''Bad Blood: The Shocking True Story Behind the Menendez Killings'' by Don Davis
★ ''The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez: In His Own Words!'' by Lyle Menendez, Norma Novelli, Mike Walker and Judith Spreckels
★ ''Hung Jury: The Diary of a Menendez Juror'' by Hazel Thornton, Erik Menendez, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Amy J. Posey and Alan W. Scheflin
★ ''The Abuse Excuse: And Other Cop-outs, Sob Stories, and Evasions of Responsibility'' by Alan Dershowitz
:A discussion of childhood sexual abuse as an excuse for criminal acts - includes the Menendez brothers case.
''Painted Black'' by Carl A. Raschke
:The Satanic ritual abuse of children.
Art and photography
A number of photographic collections have been published by men that depict pre-pubertal, pubertal and adolescent boys either naked or in poses that have caused controversy:
★ ''Boys'' and other monographs by Will McBride
★ ''The Boy, A Photographic Essay'' 1964
:Includes pictures from the 1960 film of ''Lord of the Flies''[6]
★ ''Coming of Age'' is a collection by Will McBride and contains an essay by Guy Davenport
★ ''Eric Fischl: 1970-2000'' by Arthur C. Danto, Robert Enright and Steve Martin
★ ''Radiant Identities'' by Jock Sturges
★ ''Scenes and Portraits from a Rural Life'' and ''Darren's Summer'' by Mike Tedder
★ ''Von Gloeden: Erotic Photographs'' by Peter Weiermair
In 1993, five paintings and thirty-five drawings were removed from an exhibition of works by Eli Langer at Mercer Union by the Toronto Police. Charges made under the Child Pornography Act were subsequently withdrawn, but Langer's paintings and drawings were subject to a forfeiture order. The works of art depict children involved in sexual acts.
Manga and anime
The manga work ''But I'm Your Teacher'' by Yoshino Somei has a short story where a convicted pedophile photographer picks up a young foreign boy in order to use him as the subject of his work. Throughout the story, the boy is raped by a man brought in by the photographer, and later instigates consensual sex with the photographer himself.
''Shotacon'' is a Japanese term for a sexual complex where an adult is attracted to an underage boy and is applied to artwork or manga depicting pre-pubescent or pubescent boys. Boku no Pico is an example of a shotacon anime. The female equivalent of shotacon could be considered lolicon.
''Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan'', literally translated as ''Club-To-Death Angel'' is a fiction series written by Masaki Okayu. It was a serialised Japanese light novel, then manga and anime versions were created. A young boy stops girls aged 12 from maturing and is accused of creating a pedophile's heaven. Dragon Ball is the first part of the anime adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga written by Akira Toriyama. Blue displays sexual interest towards a young boy.
For pedophilia in literature involving girls see Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction (girls).
Woman/boy
In fiction
Novels with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme or content featuring a woman and a boy include:
★ ''Ekaterina'' by Donald Harington
:27-year-old Ekaterina seduces three 12-year-old boys - Kenny, Jason and then Travis Coe.[4]
★ ''The End of Alice'' by A. M. Homes
:A 19-year-old girl seduces a 12-year-old boy called Matthew and describes the abuse in correspondence with a jailed child sexual abuser.[9]
★ ''Notes on a Scandal'' by Zoë Heller
:A teacher has a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student
★ ''Until I Find You'' by John Irving
:Five-year-old Jack is sexually abused by the girls at school as well as by the teachers
In non-fiction
★ ''Finding Fish'' by Antwone Fisher
:8-year-old Antwone Fisher is sexually abused by a female babysitter
★ ''No Longer Human'' by Osamu Dazai
:Youzou Ooba (Yozo), a boy about 10 ten years old, is sexually abused by a maid in his house. An autobiographical novel.
★ ''Scar Tissue'' by Anthony Kiedis
:Anthony Kiedis, lead singer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, talks about his experiences of losing his virginity at age 12 to a woman of 18.
Criminal investigations and trials
A number of books have been published on the Mary Kay Letourneau case. She was arrested and imprisoned for having sex with Vili Fualaau, a 13-year-old boy with whom she had two children and subsequently married.
★ ''Un seul crime, l'amour'' by Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau
★ ''The Mary Kay Letourneau Affair'' by James Robinson
★ ''Mass with Mary: The Prison Years'' by Christina Dress with Tama-Lisa Johnson and Mary Kay Letourneau
★ ''If Loving You is Wrong'' by Gregg Olsen
Art and photography
A number of photographic collections have been published by women that depict pre-pubertal, pubertal and adolescent boys either naked or in poses that have caused controversy:
★ ''The Boy'' (published in the USA as ''The Beautiful Boy'')
:A photographic study written by Germaine Greer. She says, of boys, "some are staggeringly, even supernaturally beautiful."
★ ''Immediate Family'' by Sally Mann
Further reading
★ Gullette, Margaret Morganroth (1984). "The Exile of Adulthood: Pedophilia in the Midlife Novel," ''Novel: A Forum on Fiction'', 17(3), 215-232.
Note: this article does not list the many academic or other learned works written on the subject of pedophilia [7] and child sexual abuse [8].
See also
★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction (girls)
★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in films
★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in the theatre
★ Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs
References
1. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse-Fiction
2. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child Abuse-Fiction
3. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Adult child sexual abuse victims-Fiction
4. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Pedophilia-Fiction
5. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Adult child sexual abuse victims-Fiction
6. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Trials (child sexual abuse)-Fiction
7. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Pedophilia-Fiction
8. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse by teachers-Fiction
9. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child Molesters-Fiction
10. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Incest-Fiction
11. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse-Fiction
12. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Pedophilia-Fiction
13. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child Abuse-Fiction
14. National Library of Australia Subject Heading: Pedophilia-Fiction
15. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse-Fiction
16. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Adult child abuse victims-Fiction
17. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse-Fiction
18. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Sexually abused children-Fiction
19. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse by clergy-Fiction
20. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse-Fiction
21. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Pedophilia-Fiction
22. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child Molesters-Fiction
23. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse-Fiction
24. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse by clergy-United States
25. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Incest-Fiction
26. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse-Fiction
27. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Sexually abused children-Fiction
28. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child sexual abuse by clergy
29. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Adult child sexual abuse victims-United States-Biography
30. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Pedophilia-Fiction
31. Library of Congress Subject Heading: Child Molesters-Fiction
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