Not a borough in England, but a sex somewhere between male and female. If you can read with a slight Greek accent, all the intricacies of this tale will come clearer ;). The story follows Calliope Stephanides' grandparents who leave Smyrna as the Turkish invasion arrives. Their tale alone, the beginning of it all, would be a book in itself. But the complete story, sometimes serious, sometimes cheeky, is a splendid tale. Characters who rise off the pages to fill the stage with more than their genetic history, told as if from the knowing viewpoint of those inherited genes. This feast of a novel continues the family's history expanding through succesive generations and accompanying events in American history. It is no suprise that Eugnides has won a number of awards for his lyrical writing, including the Pulitzer. I tried to think of subject tags that I could apply to this book without making it common-place. I couldn't; it's more.
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