geek love.

katherine dunn’s geek love seems to be either loved or hated and has an almost cult-like following of rabid fans. i can vouch for this because they keep striking up conversations with me on the subway while i’m trying to read.

i can’t say i fall into the rabid fan category, but i liked the story of the rise and fall of the binewski family and their freak show enough that the characters are still in my head a few days after finishing the book. no intense reactions to the book but arty’s dangerous charisma, chick’s complacent innocence, and olympia’s appetite for being loved will stick with me for a while.