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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... Addictive Tendencies 8. Hearing Better Than Some Wolves 9. Killer Instinct 10. Predisposition to Flight Part Two: Nurture 11. Killer Backhand 12. Musical Talent 13. Calculated Hair 14. Mean Streak 15. Double Vision 16. Persistence 17. Fear.
... number of boys she had kissed since the sisters were together last.The Barnacle sisters, though they pretended to grumble,liked nothing better thantoputon uglypajamas, cram into one of their twin beds, lie together like egg.
... .” “You betterbe nice.” “He better be fat.” Bridget winced and composed her next retort, but before she could respond Benita invadedthe living room. “Bridgie!” Benita shouted. “Benita!” Bridget cried. She braced herself as.
... better ring.To be fair, Trot had found it in a Cracker Jack box. But in general, when Trot proposed, Bridget referred to a distant deadline that moved at pace withtimeitself, like aneastbound car with the sun.Whenit came to proposals ...
... better withwomen.” He paused and leaned in toward Trot likea football coach cementing aplay. “I was bornfour minutes earlier.That's four minutes ofcritical oxygen.” He flashed a vaudevillian smile. “So though we may look similar, in ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |