A Taxonomy of Barnacles
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: December 27, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780312334833
Subjects: Modern fiction; American Contemporary Fiction - Individual Authors +; Fiction; Fiction - General; General; Fiction / General; Apartment houses; Evolution (Biology); Sisters
First sentence: Heredity works in mysterious ways but in the case of the Barnacle sisters, it was downright weird.
Description: "The Barnacle sisters Bell, Bridget, Benita, Beryl, Belinda, and Beth have been issued a challenge. The Barnacle patriarch, Barry, proposes a contest: whichever of his daughters can most spectacularly carry on his name will inherit his fortune."--Jacket.