Books: Beauty With a Side of Body Horror: In Mona Awad's novels, the quest for perfection sends women over the edge.

Awad writes novels with the cruel logic of fairy tales;as she put it, "All of them have a "Careful what you wishfor" quality." In Rouge, Belle is addicted to watching skin-carevideos; Awad said the book was inspired in part byYouTubers who throw their heads back in ecstasy overcertain products. FOUR YEARS ago, the novelist Mona Awad went toa high-end hotel spa for a facial that seemed to go on forhours. [Extracted from the article]