Having never read 120 Days of Sodom and knowing little about de Sade or the world of manuscript and letter collecting, I found this endlessly fascinating. There‘s something almost supernatural about how 120 Days has survived, the impact it‘s had on those who have sought it. I‘m enamored by his legacy—was he a monster or a paragon? Warner isn‘t trying to answer this question but he does a fine job giving us the info to consider it for ourselves.