A Taxonomy of Barnacles, page 38
And so it seemed that Barry’s favorite sport was not a race, but rather a ham-handed fistfight. Luckily, his daughters were able to perceive such subtleties. For the girls, in addition to all their attributes, were blessed with the giddy omniscience of youth, so they knew that if you look from high up enough, you can see the city with dizzying perspective and this is precisely when its vast gray grid reveals a glorious fractal of colors which, if you squint, seems to be a huge crowd, huddled, elbow to sweaty elbow, tiny feet crushing other tiny feet, but if you let your eyes relax, refines to reveal that New York is truly an arc, swarming with people estranged from their pair, each one fighting his way across the city, looking for her lost twin.
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A taxonomy of Barnacles/Galt Niederhoffer.—1st ed.
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ISBN 0-312-33483-4
EAN 978-0-312-33483-3
1. Sisters—Fiction. 2. Apartment houses—Fiction. 3. Evolution (Biology)—Fiction. 4. Children of the rich—Fiction. 5. Fathers and daughters—Fiction. 6. Conflict of generations—Fiction. 7. Inheritance and succession—Fiction. 8. Eccentrics and eccentricities—Fiction. 9. Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)—Fiction. I. Title.
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First Edition: January 2006
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First eBook edition: November 2013
Galt Niederhoffer, A Taxonomy of Barnacles
