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Geek Love

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

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Geren
Geren
@gerenJun 19, 2026
Just placed my library hold. Thank you for the Rec.
helen
helen
@helenahandbasketJun 19, 2026
Yay!! Enjoy.
Mo
Mo
@moca5487Jun 25, 2026

I read this on this recommendation and wow I read it in two days (which is a feat for me). Amazing!

helen
helen
@helenahandbasketJun 25, 2026
What!? Amazing! Glad you liked it. ⚡️

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“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”

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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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