Killing Monica

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Killing Monica
320 pages; Grand Central

How do you defeat a monster of your own making? Author P.J. Wallis wants to write a serious novel about a feminist foremother, but all the world wants is another story about P.J.'s most famous creation, the titular party girl who brought her fame and a gilded cage. Is it too late to stage an artistic reinvention? Pop the pink champagne and find out.

— Natalie Beach