The book is strongly influenced by the theory of Michel Foucault on the links between state control of sex, health, and criminal behavior.

He undergoes perverse forms of aversion therapy from the Orwellian Criminal and Health Ministry.

Sessions involve watching pornographic movies while the offender's sexual arousal is measured and punishment administered.

Meanwhile, the offender begins visiting a forbidden night-club, lair of the drag queen Lucrezia, outlawed but idolized by pervert and politician alike.

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