cover image Born Brothers

Born Brothers

Larry Woiwode. Penguin Books, $8.95 (624pp) ISBN 978-0-14-012185-8

First met in Beyond the Bedroom Wall , Jerome and Charles Neumiller are the focus of this monumental novel, told in interlocking segments, that conveys the brothers' symbiotic bond and complex relationship. According to PW , ``often elliptical and oblique, and initially somewhat confusing, the vignettes gain strength and resonance as they cumulatively depict the events of the brothers' lives.'' (Sept.)