Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction (boys)

Proposed New Title:

List: Works of literature in which an adult finds a child or adolescent physically attractive

This article presents a list of works of literature in which an adult is portrayed as feeling or acting on an attraction to an adolescent or child that is at least in part physical. These attractions and their manifestations range from unexpressed and asexual appreciations of youthful beauty to instances of overt [...] abuse. The attractions felt by the adult(s) May Be to a single specific individual, to several specific youth, or to adolescents and children in general. The plot element(s) involving adult interest in a child may be central to the subject matter of the work, or entirely incidental.

In short, this list is meant to include, as broadly as possible, works of literature in which physical attractions of adults to youth play a significant role, even if not central to the plot or main thrust of the work.

Technical and judgmental terms such as "pedophilia" and "[...] abuse" are not used here unless those terms Appear in the work itself or in significant critical discussion of that work. Unless an annotation specifically indicates the presence of pedophilia or [...] abuse, such terms should not be expected to apply.

Man/boy

In fiction

0-9

  • 33 Snowfish, by Adam Rapp, written for young adults
Orphan boy Custis has been sexually abused from the age of AbOUT 10 to 12, but has escaped at the start of the novel.
  • 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 has an intimate relationship with Zandy
  • Allan Stein by Matthew Stadler
After losing his high school teaching job over a false accusation of [...] abuse, a writer assumes a false identity and travels to France, where he has an intense relationship with 15-year-old Stéphane.
  • The American Eagle, the Boy and the Paedophile by D. P. Mak
9-year-old Donny is attacked by a "child molester" when out riding his bike.
  • The Asbestos Diary by Casimir Dukahz
  • Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal
Jeremy becomes infatuated with Max, a 14-year-old at summer camp. While Max confides in him that he has been involved in unwanted [...] contact with the camp director, Jeremy is struggling with his own desire for Max.

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 has a physical relationship with an older male.
  • Bump in the Night by Isabelle Holland
8-year-old Jonathan Tierney is abducted by Lawrence Miller, a child molester acting for a child [...] movie-maker

C

  • 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 http://libcom.org/library/leaving-out-ugly-part-hakim-bey.
  • 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.
  • 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.

D

  • 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 Dark Tower by Stephen King
The character of Randall Flagg is revealed to have been sodomized at the age of fourteen after running away from home.
  • Death in Venice, published originally in Germany as Der Tod in Venedig, by Thomas Mann
Writer Gustave von Aschenbach becomes obsessed with the beauty of a young boy and this obsession leads ultimately to his death.
  • 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 [...] 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.

E

  • Edinburgh 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.
  • 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 his choirmaster, Jacques Cilliers, engages him in [...] activity.
  • Enchanted Boy by Richie McMullen
McMullen is molested in a cinema at the age of 8.

F

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fenny Skaller by John Henry Mackay from Books of the Nameless Love, translated from German by Hubert Kennedy http://home.att.net/~clairnorman/Skaller.pdf
  • Finistère by Fritz Peters
  • 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 [...] 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 [...] when aged 13, writes about his serial [...]: the murders may be real or be a fantasy.

G

  • God's Spy by Juan Gómez-Jurado
A serial killer with a history of child [...] abuse.
  • Golden States by Michael Cunningham
12-year-old David goes through a period of [...] awakening, and has a [...] encounter with a young man.
  • 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

H

  • 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.
  • Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
12-year-old Bobby Garfield is offered $3 for oral [...] by a stranger
  • Hey, Joe by Ben Neihart
The main plot concerns a lawsuit, filed by a group of orphans, alleging [...] abuse against Rae Schipke, executive director of the charitable foundation that supports their orphanage.
  • 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 [...] partner in extreme sadomasochism.
  • 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 [...]. .
  • 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.
  • The Hustler by John Henry Mackay, published in German as Der Puppenjunge
boy prostitutes in Berlin

I

  • The Immoralist, (published in France as L'immoraliste) by André Gide
Whilst ill, Michel discovers that the company of young Arab boys provides comfort.
  • In Tall Cotton by Charles Hulse
A boy's [...] adventures from age 7 to 14 with other children and adult men.

J

  • Josey Rose: a novel by Jane Wood
A minister tries to [...] 11-year-old Josey Rose who has a [...] relationship with Lily, his adult cousin.
  • Jumping the Scratch by Sarah Weeks, written for young adults
Jamie is abused by a caretaker at the trailer park where he lives.

K

  • 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.
  • Kite Music by Gary Shellhart
Peter, an American exchange teacher, goes to Thailand and falls in love with Wichai, a 12-year-old boy.

L

  • Lamb by Bernard Mac Laverty
Brother Sebastian (née Michael Lamb) befriends then abducts young Owen Kane from a reformatory. Michael does not [...] 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 engaged in physical intimacy with 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.
  • Livre d'Or des Textes Pédophiles: Des origines à nos jours by P. de Saintogne is an anthology of French literature with [...] 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 Jolleyhttp://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/atbooks/jolly.htm

M

  • 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.
  • The Man with the Candy by Jack Olsen
  • The Man Without a Face by Isabelle Holland, written for young adults
Justin McLeod, jailed for [...] a boy in a road accident, spends many hours with the troubled 12-year-old Chuck Norstadt, leading to accusations of [...] abuse.
  • Middle Ground by Ursula Zilinsky
14-year-old Tyl, a boy in a concentration camp has a relationship with a senior [...] officer.
  • The Moralist by Rod Downey
Red Rover mentors 12-year-old Jonathan and the pair fall in love. He describes how Jonathan’s family reacts to this consensual relationship.
  • 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.
  • 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.

N

  • A Natural Lizard Activity by B.J. Freedman
A 13-year-old boy's love affair with a 31-year-old man
  • Never the Same Again by Gerald Tesch
13-year-old Johnny Parish engages in a physical relationship with Roy Davies, the owner of a petrol station.
  • The Night Listener by Armistead Maupin
A gay writer questions whether a 13 year old male who contacts him with a story of [...] violence is genuine, or in fact is being impersonated by a lonely woman
  • 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.
  • Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
Nathanial, the 5-year-old son of a lawyer specialising in child [...] abuse is himself abused.
  • Playing Soldiers in the Dark by Stephen Dueweke
A Physics teacher and a 14 year old pupil engage in a passionate relationship.
  • 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 1
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.
  • 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
  • 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 loving [...] relationship for 5 years.
  • Return to Innocence by Gary M. Frazier
A 13-year old boy is taken into care after [...] abuse and then accuses his psychologist of abuse
  • A Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story by Anthony Godby Johnson
A 13-year-old boy's story of how he confronts [...] abuse, AIDS, and finds a real family - published as a true story
  • Rolling the R's by R. Zamora Linmark
10-year-old Edgar, an openly gay boy, has a physically intimate relationship with the school caretaker.
  • The Romance of a Choir Boy by John Gambril Nicholson
  • A Room in the Woods by Patrick Drevet
A relationship between a young man and a 12/13-year-old boy

S

  • Sandel by Angus Stewart
David Rogers, a 19-year-old student, falls in love with 13-year-old Antony Sandel and they have a [...] 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.
  • Sébastien Roch, by Octave Mirbeau
  • [...] Crimes of the Futcher by Billy Childish
  • The [...] Offender by Matthew Stadler
After being convicted of a consensual [...] relationship with a twelve-year-old boy, the 30 year old male prisoner is subjected to abusive psychological experiments.
  • Shakespeare's Boy by Casimir Dukahz
13-year-old Ruy is a boy actor playing female roles like Juliet and joyfully pursues [...] 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 [...] 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 alternative 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

  • 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
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. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0749003219p91.
  • The Treatment by Mo Hayder
A husband and wife are found imprisoned and their young son, Rory, is missing.
  • The Tricky Part : One Boy's Fall from Trespass into Grace, an autobiographical novel, by Martin Moran, also published as The Tricky Part : A boy's story of [...] trespass, a man's journey to forgiveness
12-year-old Moran is abused by Bob Doyle at his new boys’ camp. The [...] relationship lasts till Moran is 15.

U

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.

W

  • What Happened to Mr. Forster? by Gary W. Bargar
Mr. Forster, a homosexual male, befriends 12-year-old Louis Lamb; they do not engage in a physically intimate relationship.
  • 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 [...] with Ray if he wanted to eat.
  • When Jonathan Died by Tony Duvert
Serge is aged 8 when Jonathan starts a [...] relationship with him and this continues until Serge is 10, when the boy begins making [...] demands of his own.
  • Whipping Boy by Gabrielle Lord
  • World of Wonders by Robertson Davies.
  • The Wrong People by Robin Maugham
An English school teacher on vacation in Morocco is introduced to the local boys.

In non-fiction

  • Agony in the Garden by John Van Der Zee
[...] priests in the Catholic Church in California
  • Altar Boy: A Story of Life After Abuse, by Andrew Madden
Madden is molested by a priest, Father Ivan Payne.
  • An Inch from [...]: My Life As a Male Victim of [...] Child Abuse by Nealus
  • A Tragedy Waiting to Happen: The Chaotic Life of Brendan O'Donnell by Tony and J.J. Muggivan.
Irish [...] who was believed to have been molested by a priest.
  • Autobiography of an Englishman by "Y"
  • Beyond Closed Doors: Growing Beyond an Abused Childhood 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 Prep school masters and boys
  • 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 [...] abuse in the Piarists Order founded by Joseph Calasanz
  • Half The House: a memoir 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
  • 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.
  • States of Desire: Travels in Gay America by Edmund White
  • Strong at the Heart: How it feels to heal from [...] abuse, 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 young boys and adolescents for [...] 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:

  • Death Of Narcissus by Morris Fraser
paedophilia themes in pre-Nabokov literature
  • L'enfant Au Masculin by Tony Duvert
  • [...] 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 [...] 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
  • Křičí 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 [...] of fourteen boys, aged from 7 to 14
  • Unspeakable Acts by Jan Hollingsworth
The true story of the Dade County daycare center [...] abuse scandal that does not cover the eventual acquittal of the owners.

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: Unauthorized by Christopher Andersen
  • 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 Flies2
  • 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
  • Von Gloeden: [...] 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 [...] Act were subsequently withdrawn, but Langer's paintings and drawings were subject to a forfeiture order. The works of art depict children involved in [...] acts.

Manga and anime

Shotacon is a Japanese term for a [...] 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.

For pedophilia in literature involving girls see Pedophilia and child [...] abuse in fiction (girls).

Woman/boy

In fiction

  • Ekaterina by Donald Harington
27-year-old Ekaterina seduces three 12-year-old boys - Kenny, Jason and then Travis Coe.
  • The End of Alice by A. M. Homes
A 19-year-old girl seduces a 12-year-old boy called Matthew and describes the seduction in correspondence with a person jailed for child [...] abuse.
  • Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
A teacher has a [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 3 and child [...] abuse 4.