Chapter Forty-Nine: Brothers of the Head

This is quite possibly the strangest book I have ever read.  The edition I read includes illustrations by Ian Pollock to add to the story by Brian Aldiss, which tells the tale of conjoined twins from an isolated English hamlet who are sold into the pop music industry by their widowed father.  Thrust into fame, they meet and fall in love with a woman, learn the ropes of fronting a rock band, and they become more competitive than ever.  This is not a particularly happy story, beginning, middle, or end, but it is certainly compelling.  To add to the strangeness and intrigue, the brothers have a third head, which is dormant, attached to one shoulder.  But the third head doesn't stay dormant forever...  Only read this story if you want a truly strange experience.