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    Fault Lines
    Fault Lines
    Fault Lines
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    Fault Lines

    By Colin Heston

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    A series of 29 short stories inspired by the vicissitudes of punishment in all its forms, its deliverers and recipients. Its universality across cultures and at every level of social life from the kitchen to the battlefield never ceases to amaze. The stories unveil the diverse motives and excuses for punishment that paradoxically form the founda

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead-Me.Org
    Release dateMar 1, 2023
    ISBN9780911577686
    Fault Lines
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    Colin Heston

    Colin Heston is the pen name of a criminologist of international repute. His previous fiction includes The Tommie Felon Show (2017), 9/11 Two (2016) Miscarriages (2018, 2019 Australian edition) and Ferry to Williamstown (2020). He has written nonfiction books on the history of punishment and torture, edited a four volume encyclopedia, Crime and Punishment around the World, and regularly contributes to a variety of criminology and criminal justice periodicals. His forthcoming fiction includes, Holy Water a satirical farce, due for release in mid 2020. He is currently putting the finishing touches to his next nonfiction book, Civilization and Barbarism, for release by SUNY Press, 2020.

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