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Spanning eight decades and chronicling the wild ride of a Greek-American family through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century, Jeffrey Eugenides' witty, exuberant novel on one level tells a traditional story about three generations of a fantastic, absurd, lovable immigrant family - blessed and cursed with generous doses of tragedy and high comedy. But there's a provocative twist. Cal, the narrator - also Callie - is a hermaphrodite. And the...