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Reviewers of the book in the upmarket broadsheets and periodicals were sharply divided, ranging from scathingly dismissive to strongly supportive of the author, if not entirely of the "radical case" he had set out. One critic wrote "Were Mr O’Carroll a more accomplished writer, he might not have elicited such an ungenerous response. It’s possible he doesn’t feel comfortable talking to adults and resents having to spell out things that are, apparently, self-evident to children. Whatever the reason, the result is an edgy, self-righteous book and a lacklustre piece of propaganda. Since Mr O’Carroll sees nothing wrong with paedophilia, he isn’t interested in our sympathy; and since his opinion of the non-paedophile world is no higher than the opinion the non-paedophile world has of him, he doesn’t waste time trying to be conciliatory. We may think we are doing Mr O’Carroll a favour in listening to his case: but in his view he’s the one who is doing the favour.

Reviewers of the book in the upmarket broadsheets and periodicals were sharply divided, ranging from scathingly dismissive to strongly supportive of the author, if not entirely of the "radical case" he had set out. One critic wrote "Were Mr O’Carroll a more accomplished writer, he might not have elicited such an ungenerous response. It’s possible he doesn’t feel comfortable talking to adults and resents having to spell out things that are, apparently, self-evident to children. Whatever the reason, the result is an edgy, self-righteous book and a lacklustre piece of propaganda. Since Mr O’Carroll sees nothing wrong with paedophilia, he isn’t interested in our sympathy; and since his opinion of the non-paedophile world is no higher than the opinion the non-paedophile world has of him, he doesn’t waste time trying to be conciliatory. We may think we are doing Mr O’Carroll a favour in listening to his case: but in his view he’s the one who is doing the favour.

The book is divided into three sections. The first is autobiographical; a long middle section is taken up with the ideology of paedophilia; and a final section is devoted to PIE and its not so pi activities. Mr O’Carroll starts by recounting his early life as a paedophile. No attempt is made to explain his condition – indeed, he sees nothing in it to explain. ‘I am not interested in why I am a paedophile,’ he tells us in his short sharp way, ‘any more than others are interested in why they are “normal”."<ref>https://www.lrb.co.uk/v02/n23/mary-kay-wilmers/young-love</ref>

The book is divided into three sections. The first is autobiographical; a long middle section is taken up with the ideology of paedophilia; and a final section is devoted to PIE and its not so pi activities. Mr O’Carroll starts by recounting his early life as a paedophile. No attempt is made to explain his condition – indeed, he sees nothing in it to explain. ‘I am not interested in why I am a paedophile,’ he tells us in his short sharp way, ‘any more than others are interested in why they are “normal”."<ref>https://www.lrb.co.uk/v02/n23/mary-kay-wilmers/young-love</ref>

Of course normal people have got plenty of explanation for why they are normal, as whether you believe in evolution or creation or a combination of both, the procreative function of sex, the immaturity of children and the complementarity of male and female are abundantly evident.

 

[Of course normal people have got plenty of explanation for why they are normal, as whether you believe in evolution or creation or a combination of both, the procreative function of sex, the immaturity of children and the complementarity of male and female are abundantly evident.]

The homosexual press was broadly sympathetic to O'Carroll's book. Sexologist Richard Green included O'Carroll's book as recommended reading for his criminology students at [[Cambridge University]] England and in 2000 invited O'Carroll to speak at the annual meeting in Paris of the International Academy of Sex Research.

The homosexual press was broadly sympathetic to O'Carroll's book. Sexologist Richard Green included O'Carroll's book as recommended reading for his criminology students at [[Cambridge University]] England and in 2000 invited O'Carroll to speak at the annual meeting in Paris of the International Academy of Sex Research.