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De: Katherine Dunn

Narrado por: Christina Moore

No one wants to be a victim, but most find the event too hypnotic to ignore. In order to save their traveling carnival from bankruptcy, the Binewskis are creating their own brood of sideshow freaks. Under Al's careful direction, the pregnant Lil ingests radioisotopes, insecticides, and arsenic to make her babies "special". As the oldest daughter, albino dwarf Olympia, puts listeners in the ring-side seat, her family's incredible drama erupts and spills over into the "normal" world.

Not for the squeamish or faint of heart, this brilliantly daring novel is shocking and delightful. Christina Moore's vibrant narration conspires with Katherine Dunn's evocative, energetic prose to shock us at seeing something of ourselves in these exotic characters.

©1998 Katherine Dunn (P)1999 Recorded Books

Bizarre - Captivating - Intense!

I just finished listening to this book and am missing it already - I loved the ending but I didn't want it to end! If you are squeamish or averse to foul language then prepare to be horrified - if you are a bit twisted and used to graphic detail then prepare to be horrified as well (in the best way possible!) The story is intricate and chock full of sub-plots that move along at a perfect pace with the overall plot line. The narrator does a great job of relating the personalities and feelings of the characters, although the male voices are a bit off (however it's hard to fault a female narrator for not being able to pull off deep male voices with great success). Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will definitely be checking out other titles by this author.

Convuluted

Not a happy story, plenty of "Man's Inhumanity To Man". The characters are richly developed, some are even likable, but there is too much evil in most of them to my liking. It gets three stars because I was able to finish it, and not return it. If I could have, I would have told myself to skip this one.

I LOVE this book!!! I'm buying it on paper !

so amazing! I fell in love with every character! I'm buying it on paper so I can read it again and again

Great book, great audiobook.

This is one of my favorite novels and I was delighted to hear that the reader’s performance/interpretation was delightful as well. Highly, highly recommended.

Original!

So incredibly original and on the darker side. Great to get enthralled in the family's life each chapter was surprising and fun.