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Geek Love

Written by: Katherine Dunn
Narrated by: Christina Moore
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National Book Award Finalist • Here is the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a circus-geek family whose matriarch and patriarch have bred their own exhibit of human oddities—with the help of amphetamines, arsenic, and radioisotopes.

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Their offspring include Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniac ambition worthy of Genghis Khan . . . Iphy and Elly, the lissome Siamese twins . . . albino hunchback Oly, and the outwardly normal Chick, whose mysterious gifts make him the family’s most precious—and dangerous—asset.

As the Binewskis take their act across the backwaters of the U.S., inspiring fanatical devotion and murderous revulsion; as its members conduct their own Machiavellian version of sibling rivalry, Geek Love throws its sulfurous light on our notions of the freakish and the normal, the beautiful and the ugly, the holy and the obscene. Family values will never be the same.

©1989 Katherine Dunn (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt

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I have many conflicting feelings about this book. I'm trying to decide whether I would have felt differently if I read it when it came out. Probably. If you're not up for weird, this book is not for you. The writing is beautifully rich and metaphorical (is there such a thing as too metaphorical?). The themes are numerous, uncomfortable and complex. The topics are disturbing at times but always thought provoking. What is very clear is the performance: exquisite. High praise for the narrator!

Disturbing but Fascinating

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There is no downside to this book; I just wish it was longer. Not a single word is wasted!
The story becomes more gruesome and disturbing as the book gets on so it tempers you. It’s incredible and included in the membership. Just listen already!!!!

Loveable Characters and a Story I Can’t Get Enough of!

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very odd book, I liked it a lot. I found myself think about the characters when I wasn't listening.

weird book

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I disappeared in this world, the characters are so sweet and horrible, the story is just there so you can get to know them . What a talented writer.

I loved this

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I’ve listened to this audiobook over and over. I love it so much. This story is so demented and beautiful, and the characters have stuck with me for years after my first read. Moore’s performance is electric, she simply IS Oly to me. Heartbreaking and tender and weird as hell. I’m so glad it exists. Dunn’s writing is phenomenal.

Heartbreaking, breathtaking

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