The Listening Zone

This is Mark Twain's humorous tale about a pair of Italian conjoined twins/concert pianists, and the effect of their arrival on the inhabitants of a small midwestern town. A man of many firsts, Mark Twain was the first author to use a typewriter, as well as the first person to have a home telephone (which no doubt made him the first person to swear at tech support). He patented the accordion file, the fountain pen, and adjustable suspenders. And when he published "deleted scenes" from "Pudd'nhead Wilson" as "Those Extraordinary Twins" he became the first publisher to include "bonus tracks" along with the finished work.