It&#x27;s not any worse than Dante Alighieri&#x27;s <i>Inferno</i>, or the mythic punishments for Sisyphus, Tantalus, Prometheus, or Loki.  Nor is it as tediously psychological as Sartre&#x27;s <i>No Exit</i> (<i>Huis Clos</i>).<p>I assure you, I am well aware of the boundary between fact and fiction.  I am actually a bit worried that <i>you</i> find words and imagination to be cause for concern.  That fear leads to censorship, which is far worse than any of the fantasy blurbs I have ever written.<p>My real-life hope for Shkreli is that he will be very, very bored for about three to four years (if convicted), and that all the folks he (allegedly) defrauded are able to get some restitution.  He doesn&#x27;t even need to be beaten with meaty thug fists.  He just needs to be kept away from productive workers and other people&#x27;s money.  And maybe also the cocaine.