The twofers have been born in great numbers ever since the mid-20th century they seem to be the result of mutations caused by nuclear radiation. "Twofers," as they are known, are common in the world of the novel (which in other respects is naturalistically depicted, and indistinguishable from our own). Half Life is ostensibly, or overtly, about a pair of conjoined twins, Nora and Blanche Olney, who have separate heads but share a single torso and set of limbs. "Shelley Jackson's Half Life is a dazzling and amazing book - the first print novel by the author of the hypertext fictions Patchwork Girl and My Body, the short story collection The Melancholy of Anatomy, and the short story "Skin," which is being tattooed one word at a time on the skin of volunteers. Shelley Jackson, Half Life (HarperCollins, 2006)
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