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Toning, else appears as new, unopened, unread, unblemished copy in wraps displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown.A novel about a deformed, deaf mute circus performer who specializes in feats of hand-balancing. A bizarre, moving and, as usual, lucidly written novel from a writer who redefined Southern.
It's not anybody who could write a bawdy, often hilarious, totally unsentimental novel about a legless deaf-mute who earns his keep by doing one-finger stands on arms the size of your average giant's thighs. Marvin Molar lives in a gym with Al — a former stunt man who did tricks like having a car run over his body — an old punch-drunk Negro fighter named Peter and an equally punchy young one named Leroy — and finally, Hester, a "normal" whose revolving thighs drive Marvin absolutely insane. She is the "gypsy's curse" "Find a cunt that fits you and you'll never be the same") — especially when she abandons Marvin for an occasional fling with her former lover… Read More
