This book has unsettled me, and I'm still mulling over why. Slouka, a professor of creative writing (Univ. of Chicago, then Columbia) places me under a waterfall of some of the most descriptive sentences I've ever read--so much so, that at times the sheer VOLUME of detail becomes overwhelming.The...
Historical fiction; story is based on the conjoined twins from whom the term "Siamese twin" was originally coined. Chang and Eng had fascinating lives that stretched from Siam to Europe to the US. Before I knew this was based on a true story, I actually believed the author asked the reader to tak...