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The Norma Gene was released August 3, 2015!<\/p>\n
Buy in on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n Find it on SPD Books<\/a><\/p>\n Purchase electronic versions from the Bitingduck Press store<\/a><\/p>\n See a trailer here!<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Abe Finkelstein is an illegal clone of Abraham Lincoln – not an easy thing to keep Advance Praise:<\/b> “A perfect gem with terrifically simple and funny twists.” – Josh Kilmer-Purcell, New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Myself These Days<\/b> and The Bucolic Plague<\/b> <\/i><\/p>\n Reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n Kirkus <\/a><\/p>\n Foreward<\/a><\/p>\n Gnomes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Norma Gene was released August 3, 2015!<\/p>\n Buy in on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n Find it on SPD Books<\/a><\/p>\n Purchase electronic versions from the Bitingduck Press store<\/a><\/p>\n
\nsecret when your face is on money. Norma Greenberg, one of the world\u2019s many
\nMarilyn Monroe clones, is wrestling with identity issues of a different sort. It\u2019s not
\neasy living as a perfect copy of the beautiful Norma Jean Baker! When Abe is
\nkidnapped by government agents eager to discover the secrets of his illustrious
\nancestor, Norma could be Abe\u2019s last hope of escape – or thanks to her barely
\nsuppressed kleptomania, his worst chance of recapture. With only their wits, a
\ncigarette lighter, a bottle of perfume, and the disembodied arm of Richard
\nMillhouse Nixon (don’t ask), can Abe and Norma make it back to safety and
\nanonymity? Set in Orlando, Florida, where artifice beats authenticity with one
\nanimatronic hand tied behind its back, THE NORMA GENE features a host of Abe Lincolns, a gaggle of Marilyns, a segway chase
\nthrough the secret underground tunnels of the Magic Kingdom, and the answer to
\nthe age-old mystery about the dodo bird: what flavor was it?<\/p>\n
\n\u201cA gorgeous, funny romp along the seam between reality and artifice, fame and obscurity, history and Disney, Roufa has a deft, hilarious touch. This is a wry, gleeful take on the choice between destiny, authenticity, love, and the eternal call of the stovepipe hat.\u201d – Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n