Items related to Geek Love
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 megalomaniac 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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
A wild, often horrifying, novel about freaks, geeks and other aberrancies of the human condition who travel together (a whole family of them) as a circus. It's a solipsistic funhouse world that makes "normal" people seem bland and pitiful. Arturo the Aqua-Boy, who has flippers and an enormous need to be loved. A museum of sacred monsters that didn't make it. An endearing "little beetle" of a heroine. Sort of like Tod Browning's Freaks crossed with David Lynch and John Irving and perhaps George Eliot -- the latter for the power of the emotions evoked.
From the Back Cover:
“A Fellini movie in ink. . . . Geek Love throws a punch.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Wonderfully descriptive. . . . Dunn [has a] tremendous imagination.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Like most great novels, this one keeps the reader marveling at the daring of the author.” –Philadelphia Inquirer
“Unrelentingly bizarre . . . perverse but riveting. . . . Will keep you turning the pages.” –Chicago Tribune
“Wonderfully descriptive. . . . Dunn [has a] tremendous imagination.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Like most great novels, this one keeps the reader marveling at the daring of the author.” –Philadelphia Inquirer
“Unrelentingly bizarre . . . perverse but riveting. . . . Will keep you turning the pages.” –Chicago Tribune
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherKnopf
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0394569024
- ISBN 13 9780394569024
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages347
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 64.13
Shipping:
US$ 4.25
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Geek Love
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Prompt service guaranteed. Seller Inventory # Clean0394569024
Buy New
US$ 64.13
Convert currency
Stock Image
Buy New
US$ 64.34
Convert currency
Stock Image
Geek Love
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0394569024
Buy New
US$ 64.48
Convert currency
Stock Image
Geek Love
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0394569024
Buy New
US$ 65.28
Convert currency
Stock Image
Geek Love
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks81897
Buy New
US$ 69.00
Convert currency
Stock Image
Geek Love
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0394569024
Buy New
US$ 68.54
Convert currency
Stock Image
Faces in the Rocks
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Still sealed and gift worthy!. Seller Inventory # 458
Buy New
US$ 69.95
Convert currency
Stock Image
Geek Love
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0394569024
Buy New
US$ 102.23
Convert currency
Stock Image
Geek Love
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # newMercantile_0394569024
Buy New
US$ 103.50
Convert currency
Stock Image
GEEK LOVE
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.7. Seller Inventory # Q-0394569024
Buy New
US$ 103.65
Convert currency