John Green cant picture images, but his adult debut paints a vivid Hollywood

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Set us as preferred John Green’s nine-year hiatus from fiction has ended, and his adult debut, “Hollywood, Ending,” comes right on time to explore the dark side of fame.The novel centers on former child actor Juniper Castillo and Hollywood newbie Kai Laramie, who are cast in the artsy biopic “Andy Warhol Never Gets Old,” with hotshot movie star Matthew Malone in the title role.

It’s Juniper’s chance to establish herself as an adult actor and Kai’s first foray into the spotlight, a position he quickly realizes doesn’t come without a personal cost.“There’s no way I could have written this book without spending a lot of time on film sets,” Green told The Times in a recent call.

On the Shelf Hollywood Ending By John Green Dutton: 304 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.Over the last two decades, several of the author’s bestselling young-adult novels have been adapted for the screen.His debut, “Looking for Alaska” (2005), was adapted as a Hulu limited series in 2019, the same year Netflix released the feature film adaptation of his co-authored holiday anthology, “Let It Snow” (2008).

On the big screen, “Paper Towns” (2008) made its film debut in 2015, while his bestseller “The Fault in Our Stars” (2012) became a box-office hit in 2014.Most recently, his 2017 novel, “Turtles All the Way Down,” arrived as a feature film adaptation in 2024.“I hope the book is a love letter to movies.

But I also wanted to be honest about how difficult it is to make a work of art that, in order to be commercially successful, has to be loved by millions of people.” That’s where the Hollywood machine comes in.“It’s really hard to figure out how to get millions of people to pay to watch somethi...