Ugly Town: The Movie

"If you want something different, that might provoke some thinking, this is well worth a go. Go on - expand your mind....." —Tim Gray, GoodreadsHorror meets the American Dream in this politically timely, scathing, take-no-prisoners novel about Hollywood, suburban sprawl, racism, gun culture, automobile fetishism, love & hate, and what just may prove to be the American Nightmare. Award-winning author and screenwriter Debra Di Blasi returns to the scene of society’s crimes with comical, outrageous, angry, and horror-filled excoriations.Praise for Debra Di Blasi’s WritingNew York Times Book Review: "In clear, resonant prose, laced with bittersweet humor, Di Blasi imparts her understanding of love's multiple ironies."Publishers Weekly: "Both Di Blasi's style and her objective distance and comprehension of her chosen subject mark her as a very psychologically driven, very talented writer."Kansas City Star: "Debra Di Blasi writes in a gray zone where literature, art and conceptual performance meet. Her prose reads like poetry or comes with scrapbook visuals. Her social comment channels Duchamp and his surreal cousins."

About the Author

Debra Di Blasi is the author of six books, including The Jiri Chronicles, Prayers of an Accidental Nature, What the Body Requires, and Drought, winner of the Thorpe Menn Book Award. Awards include a James C. McCormick Fellowship in Fiction, Diagram Innovative Fiction Award, and Cinovation Screenwriting Award, among others. She is a former book publisher, art critic, educator, and art critic.

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