A controversial novel by the author of Pornography, Intercourse and Ice & Fire. Mercy is an intelligent and couargeous woman who, as a nine-year-old girl, was molested by a man in a dark theatre. The repercussions of this act follow her through her life. Gloria Steinem says of Dworkin: "In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race evolve. Andrea is one of them."