Geek Love: A Novel
National Book Award Finalist - Here is the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a circus-geek family whose matriarch and patriarch have bred their own exhibit of human oddities--with the help of amphetamines, arsenic, and radioisotopes. Their offspring include Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniac ambition worthy of Gen...show more
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título: AMOR DE MONSTRUO
Muchos ven en Olympia Binewski un monstruo: es enana, albina, jorobada. Sin embargo, nada hay menos monstruoso que amar. Y Olympia ama a Al y Lil, porque diseñaron cada una de sus malformaciones. Ama a Chick, su hermano pequeño, por su bondad infinita y su ingenuidad sin mácula. Ama a Elly y a Iphy, las siamesas, las más bellas y virtuosas pianistas. Ama a Arturo, el chico que nació con aletas allí donde debiera tener e...read more
I've never read anything quite like this. Part circus book, part cult book, but reminds me a little of The World According to Garp (which was oddly one of my teen years favorites). The characters are very original as well, and unlikable or not- I loved some of them. The language is good. It made me deeply uncomfortable to read it. Clearly a cult classic for a reason.
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