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Theda Black
Brilliantly skilled writer, every word chosen for maximum effect. That said, the plot meanders in favor of excessive detail. Disturbing, sensational story of a family of carnival performers - the parents having deliberately dosed up the pregnant mother to deform her children, the survivors of which are: Artie, the finned, legless boy who created a cult of desperate followers; the conjoined twins; Olympia the dwarf, an albino with a hunchback and the POV character; and Chick, the only child who a ...more
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