Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

Geek Love by Katherine DunnA National Book Award Finalist 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 the outwardly normal Chick, whose mysterious gifts make him

But who wants spiders in their house

'Fans of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit Of Love will adore this brilliant contemporary take

When is a monster's child culpable

tells the real story of how dinosaurs rose to dominate the planet

Charity Royall lives in the small New England village of North Dormer

and finally to New York

The book also offers new perspectives on the fruitful relationship between writers and artists

the local swimming pool became her first body of water

an island off the west coast of Ireland

speeches and meditations collected here bearing witness to the shifts in discussions on race

Living proof of his parents' indiscretion

is super famous