WARNING: You are about to read a semi-autobiographical novel by an unnamed A-list celebrity recounting his early years in Hollywood-and the dirty, deplorable exploits that catapulted him to fame.

THE AUTHOR is a dark absurdist take on the artist as a young man in a world damaged by social media, designer drugs, and the dark underbelly of Hollywood. The anonymous author of the saga peels back the curtain to reveal the inner life of a one-day superstar (or sociopath) desperate to become famous by any means necessary, who one day does, and pulls off one of the greatest public relations stunts in entertainment history.