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Katherine Dunn

Geek Love

Geek Love

A cult classic novel by Katherine Dunn about a family of carnival performers

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  • Spines, Flicks, and Wax
    Spines, Flicks, and WaxFirst to rec

    “Ahh, the Binewskis. A name I'll never forget after devouring Katherine Dunn's Geek Love one fine weekend. It's a novel of family, of sibling rivalry, of the traveling carnival life, of otherness, but, also so much more. Often cited on lists of favorite transgressive fiction, it is a fantastic introduction to Katherine Dunn's writing. (P.S. I went into this book blind, judging by its cover that it was some romance between two people in tech. Glad I was wrong!)”

    2
  • helen
    helen

    “An incredibly beautiful and (REALLY) weird book. Every sentence is a gift. This is not for skimming.”

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  • Mo
    Mo

    “Very weird and disturbing (hint: this is not a romance between nerds), but an incredible story. I could not stop reading this, and will be thinking about it for a long time.”

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