Uglyville: The Diary of Verona Cassidy
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00Y4FI5G8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A deft Black Comedy-YA hybrid" -Mikhail Revlock, Reviewer, Tinsel & TineMeet Verona Cassidy. Presented by acclaimed author Sawney Hatton (Dead Size), Uglyville is the story of dark deeds and pathological passion, about how far this fille fatale will go to have her Hollywood ending.. That won't stop Verona from winning his heart at any cost. Sometimes people die. Delusional. Disturbed. When the 15-year-old misfit sees the strikingly handsome garbageman outside her bedroom window, it's love at first sight. Sometimes people get hurt. Dysfunctional. But love doesn't always look back the same way. Sometimes peo
"Uglyville is a fascinating true crime-inspired novella and a quick read for the morbidly curious." -Online Book Club
Daniel Braum said Strange and unconventional noir !. The right kind of strange ! This story was a welcome trip from the world we know. Unconventional in the best of ways I found myself surprised, disturbed, and turning pages. Like noir? Searching for something out of the ordinary and new? Search no more. Sawney Hatton delivers.- Daniel Braum author of the Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales. A deft, subversive YA-Black Comedy Hybrid Mar. S. Uglyville is a deft, subversive YA-Black Comedy hybrid with shades of Chuck Palahniuk, Bret Easton Ellis, and Dennis Cooper. It is told from the perspective from Verona Cassidy, a girl obsessed with the golden age of Hollywood. Clever references to classic films abound as this oddball outcast develops a crush on the neighborhood garbage man, a dreamboat in the mold of Brando and Clift. She hatches a plan to win his heart, but the garbage man passes up her affections in favor of a more age-appropriate love interest: Ver. amy said Great way to begin a story and make me need. I read this book in two sittings and would have read it in one had not my pesky job interfered. Fast paced and intriguing, I was immediately drawn in by the “Police Evidence Report” documenting the items seized in a search of Verona’s room. Great way to begin a story and make me need to know more.And the story does not disappoint. It is a tale told in classic noir style. From the deliberate pace of the opening pages, things speed up and become more and more complicated and out of control. A dark and w