In previous novels such as The Quincunx and The Unburied, Palliser has proved expert at dissecting the tortured nerves of the 19th century, exposing religious angst, drug addiction and sexual obsession.
The Tories, religious leaders and gambling addiction support groups and charities have also voiced strong opposition.
Many of Mr Bennett's allies on the religious right argue that addiction to gambling can produce a whole house of horrors.
The episode lampoons drug addiction and religious conversion.
This metadata is extremely revealing; investigators mining it might be able to infer whether we have an illness or an addiction, what our religious affiliations and political activities are, and so on.
Donna was a quiet, religious woman who battled drug addiction for many years.
Their addictions have ravaged their finances, relationships, religious affiliation, and physical and emotional health with the same intensity that an addiction to drugs, alcohol, or gambling would.
She objected to homosexuality on religious grounds and likened it to drug addiction, so Hill spoke cautiously about Rogers before introducing her to him.
Ironically his wife, who couldn't relate to her husband's so-called religious interests, was struggling with her own addiction to alcohol.
