Marcy Dermansky’s first novel, Twins, is a masterpiece for young or old adults. She gives us a sect of unidentical identical teenage twins, Chloe and Sue, so identical they can’t bear each other. One wants to live only for her twinship, the other wants to be part of the world at large. At least at first. Dermansky’s carefully drawn story, sad and funny by turns, keeps you guessing, and she brings off an optimistic but absolutely uncorny ending which is tremendously satisfying.–Paul