Pain-Proof Men
, by Barger, John WallNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780978491772 | 0978491777
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/1/2009
The title is a literal translation of the Arabic word fakir, which refers to both a Sufi holy man who performs feats of endurance or magic, and a common street beggar who chants the scriptures. In the world of carnivals, a fakir or torture king would go to great lengths to demonstrate his immunity to pain - by, for example, lying on a bed of spikes and then asking an audience member to break a concrete block on his chest with a sledgehammer. The voice that emerges in Pain-Proof Men is that of a derelict who