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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... Eyes 4. Excellent Peripheral Vision 5. Insomnia 6. Promiscuity 7. 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 ...
... eyes. All the girls had blue. Barry was severely nearsighted. Thegirls had perfect vision. Bella's eyebrows werebushy and brown and furrowed even when she was in a good mood. The girls' were thin and arched in a way that made them look ...
... eye. She wasadopted, Bell would resolve.And nature would get the last laugh. On one such night, Bell found herself in the throes of this age old fistfight. Unable to sleep, Barry paced the halls. Plagued by anxiety, Bella stirred from ...
... eyes scanningthe ceiling as though forcracks. His oddchoice of dress,red pants, yellow T shirt, and a stained seersucker jacket contributed to Trot's confused sense that this was all part of some beloved family joke onto which he would ...
... eyes, shaking her head, and holding up hertiny palms defiantly. Beryl'sthinking was too abstract to register much from the literal world. When she did, she considered her father with the vaguepityof a fortuneteller. Benita, the youngest ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |