 Most reviews of The Feast of the Goat make either indirect of direct reference to the relationship between sexuality and power . Salon reviewer Laura Miller , writer for The Observer Jonathan Heawood , Walter Kirn , and Michael Wood each detail the connection between Trujillo 's gradual loss of ultimate control , both over his body and his followers . The means by which Trujillo reinforces political power through sexual acts and begins to lose personal conviction as his body fails him are topics of frequent discussion among reviewers . 
 Most reviews of The Feast of the Goat make either indirect of direct reference to the relationship between sexuality and power . Salon reviewer Laura Miller , writer for The Observer Jonathan Heawood , Walter Kirn , and Michael Wood each detail the connection between Trujillo <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>gradual loss of ultimate control , both over his body and his followers . The means by which Trujillo <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>reinforces</mark></a> political power through sexual acts and <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>begins</mark></a> to lose personal conviction as his body <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>fails</mark></a> him are topics of frequent discussion among reviewers . 
Most reviews of The Feast of da Goat make either indirect of direct reference to the relationship between sexuality and power . Salon reviewer Laura Miller , writer for TdaObserver malik Heawood , Walter Kirn , and micheal Wood each detail thdaonnection between Trujillo  gradual loss of ultimate control , both over his body and his followers . The means by which Trujillo reinforce political power through sexual acts and begin to lose personal conviction as his body fail him are topics of frequent discussion among reviewers .