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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... twins. Twinsare, of course, heredity's favorite lab rats, unwitting test tubes for variation, walking displaysof environment's force. But Billy andBlaine were less malleable than most.Even those who had known them since birth struggled ...
A Novel Galt Niederhoffer. Throughout, Barry was resolute: the twins could be teased apart. Divergence need not dally so. Variation could be forced. So, it was with greatjoyand relief that he discovered his first batch of evidence when ...
... 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.
A Novel Galt Niederhoffer. into one of their twin beds, lie together like egg rolls, and stay up until four in the morning discussing the mysteries of life. Bell, the eldest, was living in Brooklyn. She claimed she preferred to look at ...
... differences were reactions to each other, equal,opposite, and thereforealike. As a result, at least until recently, they considered themselvesapair of very dissimilar twins, a sentiment that allowed Bridget to excuse her flaws.
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Blue Eyes | |
Excellent Peripheral Vision | |
Insomnia 6 Promiscuity | |
Addictive Tendencies | |
Nurture | |