Astrid Dahl is a mess. The protagonist of “Perfume & Pain,” the latest novel from Anna Dorn, is a self-obsessed L.A. novelist trying to rebuild her life after an ill-advised quip gets her canceled. In what is, essentially, a comedy of 21st-century manners, Dahl has to grow up if she wants to reclaim her career and perhaps find love in the process.
The cocktail, and Astrid’s dependency on it, comes to represent how out-of-control her life is, even when she has attained professional success. Then there’s Penelope, Astrid’s older neighbor. Says Dorn, “As the book progresses, she becomes more drawn towards Penelope, the older, more mature love interest, who represents Astrid growing up and becoming an adult.”
Dorn adds that she has used X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to connect with other writers and workshop her ideas. “I think I used Twitter to figure out what … is resonating with people and what my audience really has no interest in hearing from me, which is really useful,” she says. “It can be really humbling in that way.”
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