Phenomenal. Sick, touching, heartfelt, sad, frustrating, the story of conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe, their odd, grim family and upbringing, the oddity of their rise to rock stardom, and the rudimentary this head on Barry's shoulder that is the true linchpin of the story. Remarkably structured as a series of recollections of the most important people in the lives of the twins, it's like a surreal, twisted prose version of "Behind the Music" written twenty years before the format saw birth on VH-1. A fine companion to the film adaptation, and yet not quite exactly the same story, this book contains countless layers of commentary on those termed "freaks" by normal-bodied people, the treatment and influence of celebrities, the musician's motivation (and that of the ones who fall in love with them), even the nature of consciousness and identity itself... A masterpiece. Very highly recommended.
