Goop horror: The new wave of literature skewering the beauty industry

Goop horror: The new wave of literature skewering the beauty industry

Hot on the heels of films like The Substance, more and more novelists are grappling with the ugliness of beauty culture

In Sarah Wangs debut novel New Skin, a Chinese immigrant mother in Los Angeles spends her benefit payments on backstreet cosmetic procedures. When things go catastrophically awry, her daughter discov… [+7786 chars]