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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... thought was a dog, but tripped and landed on his side. Winded, he remained still for a moment then stood up cautiously. The dog, Trot realized with some surprise, was notadog but a man.Theman wasBridget's father Barry, rolling rapidly ...
... 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 herfather's demands, rolling her eyes, shaking her head, and ...
... thought you said the youngest one wassmart.” Bridget replaced her sister on the ground. Trottapped the floor with hisfoot.His socked footproduced aslightly muffledtapnot unlike a low drumroll. Though the sound was softer than the tap of ...
... thought, sickening sweetness. “Darling, life has simply been hell without you. Promise me you haven't fallen for anotherman.” Benita swooned andpromised shehadn't and wouldnever in a million years. Trot waited until he caught Bridget's ...
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |