Ugly is very typical of Natsuo Kirino’s look and style.
The main narrator of Ugly is Yuriko’s older sister and the story actually begins with the news of Yuriko’s murder, but the story goes back a long time, to when Yuriko and her sisters were very young.
The world of `girl Q’s backstage`, a fierce `real world` is not easy for all four girls;
About the author:
Natsuo Kirino (born 1951), Japanese female writer, is very famous in Japan and in English-speaking countries for her dark crime novels.
She is the author of many works, including three novels: Out (1997), Grotesque (2003) and Real World (2003).