A Taxonomy of Barnacles

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"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.

subjects: Children of the rich in fiction,  Evolution (Biology),  Apartment houses in fiction,  Sisters in fiction,  Fiction,  Fathers and daughters,  Inheritance and succession in fiction,  Fathers and daughters in fiction,  Conflict of generations,  Eccentrics and eccentricities in fiction,  Inheritance and succession,  Eccentrics and eccentricities,  Sisters,  Apartment houses,  Conflict of generations in fiction,  Children of the rich,  Fiction, general,  Sisters, fiction,  Fathers and daughters, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction

Places: Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)