Indeed, Schutz is a mad scientist sort who is trying to create a super race (of beautiful people), and employs radical methods in going about it. It turns out, too, that beautiful women have been going missing - and as Rocky digs deeper, with some official help, he learns that a madman named Dr.Markus Schutz is behind it all - "a man who abducts people to make them sleep together", and worse. When he finds a dead body back at the Zooty Slammer when he makes his way back there, it's obvious that something very strange is going on. Once his adventure is over - he wakes up in an orange grove -, Rocky wants to know who the hell did this to him, and why. No, the purposes are of a different seedy nature - as Rocky finds out when he refuses to break his vow of abstinence, which leads them to drag him off and get what they're after in very humiliating fashion. Yes, the idea is for them to have sex - but it's not for seedy voyeuristic purposes. I have to confess: I've decided to remain a virgin until I'm twenty.īecause he's so into sports he's apparently quite the physical specimen that not only attracts the women, but also a more sinister character, which is why Rocky finds himself getting conked on the head and then coming to in a room with a beautiful naked woman. well:Ĭhrist Almighty, I've made up my mind. Rocky isn't your typical noir hero, however - he's too well-built, for one, and still extremely young.Īnd while he enjoys flirting with the ladies and taking them for a spin on the dance floor. The narrator, Rocky Bailey, is a sporty type concerned about his appearance and fitness ("I've dedicated myself solely to athletics") who nevertheless enjoys nights out at places like the Zooty Slammer he's fortunate that his parents are well off - and apparently give him all the spending money he needs. He certainly starts things off fairly promisingly, with an opening paragraph that reads:Įven being drugged twice during the course of the same evening is something a guy can live with.īut stepping outside for a bit of fresh air and then all of a sudden coming to in your birthday suit in a room with a naked woman, well I'd say that's when things started to get weird. Setting the story in California, Vian does his best to imitate the local hard-boiled style of the times - it was written in 1948 - and he's pretty good at it. To Hell with the Ugly is yet another of the pulp thrillers Boris Vian wrote under the pen name of 'Vernon Sullivan'. Originally published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan.Translated and with an Introduction by Paul Knobloch.French title: Et on tuera tous les affreux.Wir werden alle Fiesen killen - Deutschland General information | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
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