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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... father Barry, rolling rapidly and, itseemed, dangerouslyinto the living room. “Pardon me,” Barry saidonce he'd come to a full stop. Helay on hisback, both arms outstretched, eyes scanningthe ceiling as though forcracks. His oddchoice of ...
... father was borderline insane.She dismissed most of her father's claims outof hand, combating them with wild teenage logicwhile he, inturn,dismissed everything sheheld dear. Bridget was simply too busy to be bothered with her father. The ...
... father's imagination, was too preoccupied by her own peculiar thoughts to bother with her father's. Belinda, hostile even before adolescence, sometimes seemed to go out of herwayto antagonize her father.Evenas a toddler, she bristled at ...
... father likedto brag, floated ina superiorgenepool. Encouraged by Barryto excel at all things except formodesty,Benita, even more than most ten yearolds, was a firebreathing brat. Built for a roller derby and yet still graceful at ballet ...
... father. In turn, she learned at boarding school to redirect this anger toward teenage boys. She also learned how to make bongs out of oranges, how to sneak out ofher dormitory window wearing a skirt, how to cheat on exams without ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |