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Katherine Dunn: Geek love (1989, Knopf, Distributed by Random House)

Here is the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a circus-geek family whose matriarch and patriarch …

Review of 'Geek love' on 'Storygraph'

The 4 stars is based more on the quality of writing and interesting story telling rather than me actually liking the book.

I think I may actually come back to this, after I've digested it a little more. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the point of the book. Why did I read this? Why did Dunn write it? What is the purpose of reading something this disturbing? All questions I have yet to figure out. My reaction to this reminded me greatly of my reaction to [bc:Room|7937843|Room|Emma Donoghue|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1344265419s/7937843.jpg|9585076], in that the story itself disgusted me in many ways, but I couldn't put it down.

I will come back to this review. I think I may need to read it again, too.