Title Meaning
The title refers to ("There Was a Crooked Man") nursery rhyme, common theme of author. Narrator Charles' fiancée Sophia says not dishonest rather "we hadn't been able to grow up independent ... twisted and twining" unhealthily interdependent on the intensely strong personality of the family patriarch Aristide.
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