Physically describe August Pullman.

At the beginning of the
novel,says, "I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably
worse" (page 3). August, who suffers from mandibulo-facial dysostosis, does not want to
disclose how he looks. 

Via, his sister, provides some clues in her section
of the book. She says that his eyes are halfway down his cheeks, about an inch below where they
should be. She describes his eyes as downward-slanting, as if "someone cut [them] into his
face" (page 88). The left eye is much lower than the right eye, and because his eye
cavities aren't deep enough, his eyes bulge out. She also says that he doesn't have any eyebrows
or eyelashes, and his nose is too large for his face. His head looks crushed on either side of
his face, and he lacks cheekbones. Instead, he has deep fissures on either side of his face,
making it look as if he had been burned and the skin had melted. From his many surgeries, he has
scars on his face, including one large one from his upper lip to his nose. His jawbone is far
too small, though he had a piece of his hipbone implanted in his jaw when he was younger. He can
now keep his tongue inside his mouth and can eat and talk (he formerly had a feeding tube). He
can also hear.