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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... friends and neighbors whispered, to credit these parents with their girls' traits. Surely the girls were adopted. Perhaps theyhadbeen misplaced. Such drastic divergence tookseveral centuries. As though to invite still more gossip ...
... Friendship blossomed between the girls and the twins, theboys delighted bythe auspicious boygirl ratio and the girls happyto experiment with such attractive specimens. Throughout, Barry was resolute: the twins could be teased apart.
... friend andneighbor Billy Finch. As punishment,every time Billy's name was uttered, Trot reduced his contributionto conversation by one syllable. By the time dessert arrived, he had stopped speaking altogether. At the moment, Trot stood ...
... friend, the insidious Billy Finch. The second and prettiest of the Barnacle sisters, Bridgetwas accustomed to using her eyes, which is to say, batting, rolling, and loweringthem inorder to manipulate men. She hadthekind of looks ...
... friends throughout elementary school,evenfewer in high school, and the ones she did were, in her sisters' humble opinion, gardenvariety geeks. Most of these geeks were female, though onecould not always telltheirgender bytheir odd ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |