Throws its sulfurous light on our notions of the freakish and the normal, the beautiful and the ugly, the holy and the obscene. albino hunchback Oly, and the outwardly normal Chick, whose mysterious gifts make him the family's most precious-and dangerous-asset.Īs 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,
Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. to United Kingdom Quantity: 1 Add to Basket Paperback. Seller Rating: Contact seller Used - Softcover Condition: VERY GOOD £ 13.85 Convert currency £ 5.80 Shipping From U.S.A. Iphy and Elly, the lissome Siamese twins. Geek Love Publisher: Vintage Katherine Dunn Seller: Bayside Books, Ogden, U.S.A. Their offspring include Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniac ambition worthy of Genghis Khan. She died in 2016.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 amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes). She is the author of three novels: Attic Truck and Geek Love, which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Bram Stoker Prize. Katherine Dunn was a novelist and boxing journalist who lived and worked in Oregon. Specifically, the Mystery Girls' Circus, a lovely art-filled companion piece to Geek Love printed in 1991 in a tiny edition, with multiple pages of 3-D art. albino hunchback Oly, and the outwardly normal Chick, whose mysterious gifts make him the family’s most precious-and dangerous-asset.Īs 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. Iphy and Elly, the lissome Siamese twins. The book has an inset hand-colored illustration on the front cover. Their offspring include Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniac ambition worthy of Genghis Khan. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author Katherine Dunn and illustrator Mare Blocker. The artist David Hughes, who drew the Geek Love book cover, also illustrated the bands Eternal Happiness album cover. 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 amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes).
The book is housed in a circus tent-shaped box. The book has an inset hand-colored illustration on the front cover, a pop-up illustration on the front end paper, and illustration with signatures on the end paper.
One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author Katherine Dunn and illustrator Mare Blocker. Walla, Washington / New York: M Kimberly Press / Knopf (1989)
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