false 13872 11 GEEK LOVE is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out—with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes—to breed their own exhibit of human oddities. There's Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniacal 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. 1474375 book 1989 Geek Love: A Novel total:10681|5:4143|4:3803|3:1831|2:617|1:287| 10681 42941 14719 1716 4 22 true false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 10:33:47 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 11:23:49 -0700 2007
I had a schizophrenic reaction to this book. On the one hand, it had a more profound impact on me than books—even some truly great ones—usually do. On the other hand, I thought it was sloppily edited, and...more...]]> 5 12 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 09:48:51 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 14:38:32 -0800 2007
The plot is simple and sick enough: Al and Lil Binewski, a young couple madly in love and struggl...more...]]> 1 8 false false Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 13:09:01 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 13:06:38 -0700 2009
This is one of the only books I plan never to finish. I thought the writing was beautiful, and I don't even know that I...more...]]> 0 5 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 27 13:54:39 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 21 17:07:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 7 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 09:22:31 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 20:17:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 7 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 10:46:58 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 08:41:28 -0700 2007
So anyway, Geek Love is about this family of carnies (carni...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 14:29:24 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 07:49:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Wed Feb 27 21:39:05 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 17:08:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 08:23:24 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 08:34:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jul 16 10:31:36 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 12:54:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 5 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 16:29:24 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 17:31:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 12:39:25 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 15:30:47 -0700 2008 4 15 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 12:44:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 15:46:24 -0700 2009
Any book that was written in the early ‘80’s and is still worth reading today, is almost by definition, a semi-classic; though cult-horror classic might be closer to the mark for Geek Love. That’s right: this is not your run-of-the-mill beach novel. I will not be placing...more...]]> 3 1 false true Thu May 29 00:41:03 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 01:01:30 -0700 2008
Dunn's novel presents like a sick & twi...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 05:45:29 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 06:18:38 -0700 2008
In some ways, I want to erase all trace of this book from my brain, but in other ways it is something I must carry with me forever.

I'm a long way from being able to thoroughly review Geek Love. It's the kind of book that you have to process for days, weeks, months, befor...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 20 06:33:31 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 08:26:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 15:42:42 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 15:42:42 -0800 2008 Water for Elephants, it is the story of a couple who breeds freak children for the sake of their carnival show. In their twisted minds, it is done with love because deformities make you special, and marketable.

The characters are un...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sun Dec 23 13:41:07 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 13:56:05 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 26 13:18:43 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 13:19:59 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 14 20:40:30 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 04 11:42:30 -0800 2009
the body. as in the fashioning of. in spades. have you read never let me go? fashioning the body for the purpose of. harvesting (NLMG), performance (GL). dunn turns our culture of bodyBUILDINGplasticSURGERYnipTUCK on its head. genetic engine...more...]]>