With a rare clarity and fearless honesty, journalist Daemon Fairless tackles the horrors and compulsions of male violence from the perspective of someone who struggles with violent impulses himself. A man, no matter how civilized, is still an animal - and sometimes a dangerous one. Men are responsible for the lion's share of assault, rape, murder and warfare. Conventional wisdom chalks this up to socialization, that men are taught to be violent. And they are. But there's more to it. Violence is a dangerous desire - a set of powerful and inherent emotions we are loath to own up to. There remains a hidden geography to male violence - an inner ecosystem of rage, dominance, blood lust, insecurity, and bravado. This is Daemon Fairless's first-person travelogue through this territory as he seeks to understand the inner lives of violent men. Daemon Fairless has worked as a producer on CBC Radio's As It Happens. He lives in Toronto.

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