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Geek Love

by Katherine Dunn

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ISBN13: 9780446391306
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Geek Love is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out — with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes — to breed their own exhibit of human oddities. There's 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 the outwardly normal Chick, whose mysterious gifts make him the family’s most precious — and dangerous — asset.

As the Binewskis take their act across the backwaters of the U.S., inspiring fanatical devotion and murderous revulsion; as its members conduct their own Machiavellian version of sibling rivalry, Geek Love throws its sulfurous light on our notions of the freakish and the normal, the beautiful and the ugly, the holy and the obscene. Family values will never be the same.

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"Those entering the world of carnival freaks described by narrator Olympia Binewski, a bald, humpbacked albino dwarf, will find no escape from a story at once engrossing and repellent, funny and terrifying, unreal and true to human nature....a novel that everyone will be talking about, a brilliant, suspenseful, heartbreaking tour de force." Publishers Weekly

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"What elevates this work is Dunn's controlled, matter-of-fact narrative, her skillful character development, and her relentless insistence that we address these people and their concerns in human terms. Highly recommended." Joseph M. Levandoski, Library Journal

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"Page after page she shocks us....A Fellini movie in ink." San Francisco Chronicle

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"Wonderfully descriptive...the comic exploration of the peculiar...gives Geek Love its main success: that and Ms. Dunn's tremendous imagination." New York Times Book Review
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About the Author

Katherine Dunn is a best-selling novelist, journalist, voice artist, radio personality, book reviewer, and poet from Portland, Oregon.
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ellylives, September 20, 2011 (view all comments by ellylives)
I have read tens of thousands of books, and this is one of my fondest experiences with a story...the characters will lay eggs in your brain, but trust me...in this case, that's a good thing. Unmatched brilliance in these pages: just read it.
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Datura, January 1, 2011 (view all comments by Datura)
I would have a hard time rating any book as the best I'd read but this is definitely one of the most memorable. Unlikely to be confused with any other and a good read to boot.
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linasweeps, January 10, 2010 (view all comments by linasweeps)
Twisted and disturbing - one of the most fascinating books I have ever read!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780446391306
Author:
Dunn, Katherine
Publisher:
Warner Books, Inc.
Location:
New York, NY :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Family
Subject:
Monsters
Subject:
Family -- Fiction.
Subject:
Carnival owners
Copyright:
1989
Series Volume:
[no. 75]
Publication Date:
1990
Binding:
Trade Paper
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
355 p.
Dimensions:
8.00x5.29x1.05 in. .77 lbs.
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Product details 355 p. pages HACHETTE BOOK GROUP - English 9780446391306 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "Those entering the world of carnival freaks described by narrator Olympia Binewski, a bald, humpbacked albino dwarf, will find no escape from a story at once engrossing and repellent, funny and terrifying, unreal and true to human nature....a novel that everyone will be talking about, a brilliant, suspenseful, heartbreaking tour de force." Publishers Weekly
"Review" by , "What elevates this work is Dunn's controlled, matter-of-fact narrative, her skillful character development, and her relentless insistence that we address these people and their concerns in human terms. Highly recommended."
"Review" by , "Page after page she shocks us....A Fellini movie in ink."
"Review" by , "Wonderfully descriptive...the comic exploration of the peculiar...gives Geek Love its main success: that and Ms. Dunn's tremendous imagination."
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