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Molly Bit: A Novel
Molly Bit: A Novel
Molly Bit: A Novel
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Molly Bit: A Novel

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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 exposé 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.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 4, 2020
ISBN9781982104573
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Dan Bevacqua

Dan Bevacqua was born in New Jersey and grew up in Vermont. He earned his MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts. His short stories have been published in The Literary Review, Electric Literature, and The Best American Mystery Stories. He lives in Western Massachusetts. Molly Bit is his first novel.

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    This was the most captivating book I’ve read in a long time. Molly was in my heart from page one and I couldn’t get enough of her story. I loved Dan Bevacqua’s writing style, so to the point, yet full of so much to tell. There was a humorous part where a writer was imagining stories to be written, these were clever and witty in itself, so I know the author is full of ideas and I hope they somehow make it to another book.

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