Ugly: The Aesthetics of Everything

Ugly: The Aesthetics of EverythingIs ugliness only skin deep, or can something that is beautifully engineered a B52 bomber or a Colt . 45 also be ugly, if its function is to kill or to maim? What was "Degenerate Art" and why was it deemed such? Why are mountains seen as sublime expression of nature, when only two hundred years ago they were regarded as loathsome things to be avoided at all costs? Just what is the relation, if any, between tattoos and crime? And lastly, if there were

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Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction

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