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Lil Binewski, born a Boston aristocrat, was in her time the most stylish of geeks. That is to say she made her living by biting the heads off live chickens in front of a Carnival audience. This she gave up for doting motherhood, because she had her fairground- owning husband had a money spinning idea. Throughout each pregnancy Lil gobbles pesticides, experiments with drugs and douses herself with radiation to ensure that she prodcues infants grotesque enough to keep the turnstiles clicking. She does. Arturo the Aqua Boy is a limbless megalomaniac, Electra and Iphigenia are musically gifted Siamese twins with a penchant for prostitution and Fortunato is possessed of stange telekinetic powers. Their story- by turns shocking, tender, touching and cruel- is narrated by their sister Olympia. She is a bald, hunchbacked, albino dwarf. - Amazon
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I think this is a fantastic book. You will finish this book with a feeling of satisfaction and satiation you can only get from a good book. I found this book through a recommendation in one of Chuck Palanhiuk's books a few years ago and was immediately engulfed in the story. It’s a great read and so unique, interesting and over the top that you won't be able to put the damn things down, I know I didn’t!
This was the first recommended book from this site that I picked up. And gah.... it was just a rich, incredible book.
I was deeply touched by the utter humanity expressed in this odd little book. The narrative is extremely well articulated and the characters are completely believable in spite of their utter lack of conventional attributes.
I agree that it was a decent book, but for some reason I had a tough time getting into it