Smog: A Novel
Stephanie Danler
Mar 2027 · Simon and Schuster
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From the internationally bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a captivating novel set during the Menendez brothers trial in 1990s Los Angeles.
Two handsome brothers from Beverly Hills are on trial for the brutal murder of their parents. The entire country is riveted.
So is Hugo Byrne.
A renowned journalist—decades sober, privately repressed, and haunted by the violent death of his own daughter—Hugo arrives at the Chateau Marmont to cover the trial for a glossy national magazine. He intends to write the definitive account.
But what happens outside the courtroom—the lives disrupted, in some cases ruined—is just as fascinating as the theater inside. And no one fascinates Hugo more than his close friend Liv Ellis, a quick-witted Beverly Hills society wife who accompanies Hugo to the trial, and whose obsession with the brothers is as mysterious as her origins.
An enthralling mix of high-toned dish and dark psychological noir, Smog is a story of wealth, privilege, and abuse; a suspenseful inquiry into the dark heart of that universal institution that is supposed to protect us but so often betrays: the family.
Two handsome brothers from Beverly Hills are on trial for the brutal murder of their parents. The entire country is riveted.
So is Hugo Byrne.
A renowned journalist—decades sober, privately repressed, and haunted by the violent death of his own daughter—Hugo arrives at the Chateau Marmont to cover the trial for a glossy national magazine. He intends to write the definitive account.
But what happens outside the courtroom—the lives disrupted, in some cases ruined—is just as fascinating as the theater inside. And no one fascinates Hugo more than his close friend Liv Ellis, a quick-witted Beverly Hills society wife who accompanies Hugo to the trial, and whose obsession with the brothers is as mysterious as her origins.
An enthralling mix of high-toned dish and dark psychological noir, Smog is a story of wealth, privilege, and abuse; a suspenseful inquiry into the dark heart of that universal institution that is supposed to protect us but so often betrays: the family.
From the internationally bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a captivating novel set during the Menendez brothers trial in 1990s Los Angeles.
Two handsome brothers from Beverly Hills are on trial for the brutal murder of their parents. The entire country is riveted.
So is Hugo Byrne.
A renowned...
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About the author
Stephanie Danler is a novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter. She is the author of Stray and the international bestseller Sweetbitter. She is the creator and executive producer of the Sweetbitter television series on Starz. Her work has appeared in the Sewanee Review, The New York Times Book Review, Vogue, Airmail, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The Paris Review Daily, Time, Travel & Leisure, CondeNast Traveler, and New York Magazine. She lives in Los Angeles.
Stephanie Danler is a novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter. She is the author of Stray and the international bestseller Sweetbitter. She is the creator and executive producer of the Sweetbitter television series on Starz. Her work has appeared in the Sewanee Review, The New York Times Book Revie...
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