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The Ugly: The Bookman Book Club

The UglyThis month, the group will discuss The Ugly by Alexander Boldizar.

Fiction. Humor. Muzhduk the Ugli the Fourth is a 300 pound boulder throwing mountain man from Siberia whose tribal homeland is stolen by an American lawyer out to build a butterfly conservatory for wealthy tourists. In order to restore his people's land and honor, Muzhduk must travel to Harvard Law School to learn how to throw words instead of boulders. His anarchic adventures span continents, from Siberia to Cambridge to Africa, as he fights fellow students, Tuareg rebels, professors of law, dark magic, bureaucrats, heatstroke, postmodernists, and eventually time and space. A wild existential comedic romp, THE UGLY tells the tale of a flawed and unlikely hero struggling against the machine that shapes the people who govern our world. 

"A picaresque novel about mountain people, Harvard lawyers, the heft of rocks, and the power of words. THE UGLY brims with intelligence and humor." Laila Lalami, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize 

Event Date: 
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 7:00pm
Address: 
715 Washington
Grand Haven, MI 49417
Books: 
The Ugly Cover Image
$17.96
ISBN: 9781936767472
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Brooklyn Arts Press LLC - September 7th, 2016