A Taxonomy of Barnacles: A NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 24 դեկ, 2013 թ. - 384 էջ The Barnacle sisters--Bell, Bridget, Benita, Beryl, Belinda and Beth--have been raised in New York bytheir eccentric, self-made father in a fabulous, gigantic Fifth Avenue apartment that, encrusted with Barry Barnacle's scientific collections, feels like a little piece of the Museum of Natural History transplanted to the other side of Central Park. Now that most of the sisters have come of age, Barry Barnacle proposes a contest, a test of wits and wills that should at long last settle what is to Barry the most essential of all questions: nature, or nurture? Whichever of his daughters can most spectacularly carry on his name will inherit his fortune; the others are out cold. |
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... already illat ease inthe Barnacle apartment. Barry rolled into rooms as he did most things in his life, without apology or awareness ofits idiosyncrasy, as though rolling were one of many waysto enteraroom, asthough one mightchoose to ...
... Already unnerved by the proposal debate, Trot prepared to respond to Benita with equal and opposite force. But before another dispute could erupt,Bridget inquired as to the stateof their mother's mentalhealth and allfoursistersadjourned ...
... already on high alert, and the two boys were, of course, easily identifiable as identical twins. Out of habit and as a courtesy to confused strangers, the boys sported different baseball hats, Blaine'sboasting the blueand whiteYankees ...
... already tell that he hated Billy.Billy wasthe reason words like “whiffenpoof” werecoined, the type of guy who had both a favorite drink and a favorite toast, thetype whocould tell, by the spelling of your last name, where you summered ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |