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Middlesex Questions and Answers
The Question and Answer section for Middlesex is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Thanks to a recessive gene passed down by his inbred family, Cal suffers from 5-alpha-reductase deficiency syndrome, a condition that suppresses masculine hormones in the womb, but not at puberty.
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Buys a spaceship, aka a Cadillac
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The first thing Milton does with the insurance money is buy a Cadillac.
Not a spaceship then, but close: a 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood, as intergalactic a car as Detroit ever produced. (The moon shot was only a year away.)
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