A Taxonomy of Barnacles: A Novel

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Macmillan, 12 դեկ, 2006 թ. - 384 էջ
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Set in the baronial Upper East Side apartment of Barry Barnacle, among giant aquariums, a sprawling shell collection, and a jungle room with a three-toed sloth and a macaque, this is the story of the six Barnacle daughters, aged ten to twenty-nine. As the story begins, one daughter has returned home secretly pregnant, and she and her sister are sneaking out at night to meet the Finch twins in the apartment downstairs, while Barry, the patriarch, has devised a challenge for his daughters: whoever can secure the future of the Barnacle line within the week will inherit his whole fortune.

A love story, a family chronicle, and a portrait of a city, A Taxonomy of Barnacles is "a confident and witty debut that brings to mind an eccentric combination of The Virgin Suicides and Little Women" (Kirkus Reviews).

 

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Barry Barnacle has issued a challenge to his offspring. In a move that reminds one of a Jane Austen novel, Barry has told his six daughters that since he has no son, whichever one of them can find a ... Read full review

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In continuing to work through the massive amount of random used books that I impulse purchased at a church book sale, I came across this gem. And by gem, I mean tedious, pretentious, "aren't I edgy ... Read full review

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A Taxonomy of Barnacles: A Novel
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ՎերնագիրA Taxonomy of Barnacles: A Novel
ՀեղինակGalt Niederhoffer
Editionillustrated, reprint
ՀրատարակիչMacmillan, 2006
ISBN0312426518, 9780312426514
Length384 էջ
  
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