Geek Love

by Katherine Dunn

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A National Book Award Finalist: This 'wonderfully descriptive' novel from an author with a 'tremendous imagination' tells the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias have bred their own exhibit of human oddities. (The New York Times Book Review)

The Binewskis arex a circus-geek family whose matriarch and patriarch have bred their own exhibit of human oddities (with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes). Their offspring include Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniac ambition worthy of Genghis Khan, Iphy and Elly, the lissome Siamese twins, albino hunchback Oly, and...

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  • ISBN10 0394569024
  • ISBN13 9780394569024
  • Publish Date 11 March 1989 (first published 1 January 1920)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Alfred A. Knopf
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 347
  • Language English