KIRKER BUTLER grew up in Hartford Kentucky (“Home of 2000 Happy People and a Few Soreheads”), and now lives in Los Angeles, where he is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer. His television credits include Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and Galavant, among others. Find out more at www.kirkerbutler.com, and follow him on Twitter at @kirkerbutler, or sign up for email updates here.
Also by Kirker Butler
Blue Agave and Worm
Thank you for buying this
St. Martin’s Press ebook.
To receive special offers, bonus content,
and info on new releases and other great reads,
sign up for our newsletters.
Or visit us online at
us.macmillan.com/newslettersignup
For email updates on the author, click here.
Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Nine Months Later
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Kirker Butler
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
PRETTY UGLY. Copyright © 2015 by Kirker Butler. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
www.thomasdunnebooks.com
www.stmartins.com
Cover design by James Iacobelli
Photo Illustration by Reginald Polynice: Art Collage © Getty Images
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Butler, Kirker.
Pretty ugly: a novel / Kirker Butler.—First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-250-04972-8 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-5068-2 (e-book)
1. Satire. 2. Domestic fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.U872P74 2015
813'.6—dc23
2014037218
e-ISBN 9781466850682
First Edition: March 2015