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Then things start to get downright disturbing. Very disturbing. Suffice it to say, this is not a book for anyone except those with the strongest of stomachs.
''[[Geek Love]]'', written by Katherine Dunn, is a somewhat obscure book probably due to its polarizing effect with critics, who have called it either brilliant or repulsive and disgusting. [[Tim Burton]] has expressed a desire to adapt it for the screen, but whether or not that will ever happen is still up in the air.
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Oly loves her parents, but their treatment of her is up for debate. They make her sleep in the cupboard and make her feel inadequete for not being "special" enough, because her particular deformities aren't so marketable as those of her siblings. Then there's the whole issue of the parents deliberately taking drugs in order to create freakish, deformed children whom they could exploit.
* [[Body Horror]]
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