Molly Bit

A "slick page-turner" ( Vanity Fair ) about the rise of an enigmatic Hollywood star and her legacy, from Columbia MFA graduate Dan Bevacqua. A tragic death was not part of the script. Molly Bit is a great actress. From her first acting classes to her big break she is different from the others struggling to make it. But fame is perilous. She uses--and is used by--the Hollywood system. Her collaborator is an addict. The producer who promises her stardom is ruthless and unhinged by grief. Fans, friends, strangers--they want and want. And one dangerously obsessed fan will take everything. Insightful, witty, and shocking, Molly Bit "delves into the dark corners of fame... while] managing to be a scathingly funny expos of celebrity life" (Laura Sims, author of Looker ) and explores the high stakes of our culture's fascination with the famous and our complicity in their rise and fall. Molly Bit is a "fast, funny, and delightfully fun" (Adam Wilson, author of Flatscreen ) debut novel that offers a heartbreaking reflection of fame, obsession, and art's power to redeem loss.

A "slick page-turner" ( Vanity Fair ) about the rise of an enigmatic Hollywood star and her legacy, from Columbia MFA graduate Dan Bevacqua. A tragic death was not part of the script. Molly Bit is a great actress. From her first acting classes to her big break she is different from the others struggling to make it. But fame is perilous. She uses--and is used by--the Hollywood system. Her collaborator is an addict. The producer who promises her stardom is ruthless and unhinged by grief. Fans, friends, strangers--they want and want. And one dangerously obsessed fan will take everything. Insightful, witty, and shocking, Molly Bit "delves into the dark corners of fame... while] managing to be a scathingly funny expos of celebrity life" (Laura Sims, author of Looker ) and explores the high stakes of our culture's fascination with the famous and our complicity in their rise and fall. Molly Bit is a "fast, funny, and delightfully fun" (Adam Wilson, author of Flatscreen ) debut novel that offers a heartbreaking reflection of fame, obsession, and art's power to redeem loss.