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IIRC, one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels (a.k.a the Master and Commander series) sees a former sin-eater among the crew: ostracised by his crew-mate
by dghf 10y ago
IIRC, one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels (a.k.a the Master and Commander series) sees a former sin-eater among the crew: ostracised by his crew-mates, he is taken on as a surgeon's mate by Dr Maturin.
- strictnein 10y agoAnother occurrence in pop culture: The Order, with Heath Ledger, focused on a Sin Eater. Not a great movie, but I remember enjoying it enough in the theater. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304711/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304711/
- whybroke 10y agoThere was also a 'Night Gallery' episode centered sin eaters this with a typical Rod Serling (or who ever he copied in this case) twist ending.
- douche 10y agoI forget, was that the one that wound up addicted to opiates or was that paddy the Irishman? It's awful, I read the whole series just a year ago
- dghf 10y agoMaturin himself is both Irish and rather fond of laudanum: I don't recall either being true of the sin-eater (but then I can't even remember which novel he appears in).