Word: hideously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trade dealing in children. Kelderek, his mind on the possibilities of sainthood, thoughtlessly gives his approval of this abomination. Thus morally undermined, the bear cult deteriorates until enemies threaten Bekla. The bear Shardik is wounded, escapes to the countryside, kills an evil slave trader, then dies himself. After some hideous adventures, Kelderek atones for his misrule, marries a beautiful but slightly soiled virgin priestess, and sets up a community to care for former slave children...
This very British novel is about a man whose face is his misfortune, by a woman whose name may be hers. Its protagonist, Godfrey Pettlement, is so hideous that children whimper and adults recoil in shock when they see him. Even horror-film producers find him too ugly to cast. "One doesn't think of you having a normal figure," somebody tells Pettlement. "It would be more in keeping if you somehow sploshed along the ground or were drawn by suction power...
LIKE HIS FATHER, Michael is a composite of several celebrated underworld figures--Frank Costello, Vito Genovese and Lucky Luciano. He lives in a world of fifties sleaze--of hideous Scandinavian modern furniture, immense Carmen Miranda style nightclubs, of two-tone deSotos and banana daiquiris. The older generation, at least, lived like old-fashioned Italian dons--eating good food, living in fine old houses, aspiring to a taste for literature and history. The younger generation is caught halfway between Scarsdale and Umberto's Clam House. Surprisingly, the movie Godfather II is closest to is The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz: two hard...
Hopes are that Harvard's history of humble hops off the ski jump will change with high-flyer Scott Woodward hurling himself toward Helios and the most distant hash marks. The hazel-haired Woodward hopes not to be handicapped by Harvard's hideous climatic habits through a combination of norther practice and hometown exercise on the Harvard team's hand-crafted roller jump...
...film and never wears a lab coat. Because she has a heart of gold and sleeps with the Doctor without making a big fuss, she gets her man. Dr. Frankenstein's fiancee is gorgeous, but a fastidious prude--until she falls madly in love with the monster. The monster, hideous and despised by human society, becomes a sex symbol. Peter Boyle, as the monster, has eyes that say everything. Madeline Kahn is so luscious in the role of the fiancee that she seems even sexier with two vertical white streaks in her hair as the Bride. The lab assistant, Teri...