It is a novel that explores what it means to be a freak.
Of all the novels and stories I have read that are included in the growing cannon of "transgressive fiction", 'Geek Love' is both the greatest of those works, and the one that is most truly transgressive. 'Geek Love' is a rare piece of fiction, one that lives up to its highest praise and proves wrong its detractors. The only negative thing I have to say is that Katherine Dunn doesn't have a book for you to read after this! If you ever saw or know about the Showtime series "Carnival," I recommend that as a tame yet wonderful companion. I had my book group read this and they couldn't believe how much they loved it and how much we continue to bring it up year after year. I can't recommend this book enough to everyone who loves literature, great literature. They are so real yet your mind will shutter at the thought of their actual existence. Katherine Dunn has created a menagerie of characters that defy your imagination. (If you've read "Water for Elephants" I consider that a book about the circus and not terribly interesting.) This book is about being human and how we treat others when all we see is the outward appearance and don't consider the person on the inside. I have been waiting for 3 years to get this book on Audible! I'm not into books about the circus or the people in them but this isn't a "circus" book.
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