Darrow Farr

Lil run through of press for The Bombshell @nytbooks @voguemagazine @people @literaryhub @dailymail @kcrwpressplay Especially cool to see it in print and hear people chatting about it 🥹

Introducing #TheBombshell by @darrifarr 💣 Proofs are now available of this shimmering debut packed with Hollywood ambition, power struggles… and explosives. So if Creation Lake meets Daisy Jones and the Six sounds like your bag, let us know and get requesting! 👇🏻 About the book: Corsica, 1993. Seventeen-year-old Séverine Guimard knows in her heart that it’s only a matter of time before she’ll escape this provincial island for Hollywood’s glimmering lights. Until then, she’ll spend her days listening to “What is Love” on her Walkman, smoking cigarettes, and riding her bike at dusk along the picturesque roads that wind around her parents’ gated villa. That is until three masked men emerge from an idling car, tear her from her bike, duct tape her mouth and wrists, and take her somewhere hidden from prying eyes… Séverine’s face will be plastered all over newspapers and TV, but not for the reason you think. How does one kidnapped young woman become the face of a revolution? #bookstagram #instabook #igreads #litfic #literaryfiction

Returning to Miami for the @miamibookfair this weekend, muy… excited! to chat with @aria.aber and @fabyjosaphat about bad girls. #tbt the view from our old apartment and matching outfit/Flanny’s cup 💚

Fulfilling a years-long dream to come back to the @texasbookfest as an author this weekend. Catch me Saturday at 2:30 speaking with @brendanslocumb and my star of a friend, @5starperez . Here we are ten years ago, just as eager to order that third martini now as then 🧡

Convincing you to read @darrowfarr 's THE BOMBSHELL with five passages from the book! 💣💋⁣ ⁣ Let us know which of these quotes made you want to pick up a copy in the comments! 👇

If you're looking for a read that's: ⁣ 👉 inspired by the true story of Patty Hearst's kidnapping⁣ 👉 all plot, all vibes⁣ 👉 an explosive summer read⁣ then you need to pick up a copy of THE BOMBSHELL by @darrowfarr !⁣ ⁣ An electric novel by an extraordinary new talent, The Bombshell is filled with seduction and fervor, and explores the wonders and perils of youthful idealism, the combustibility of celebrity, and the sublime force of young love.⁣ 💣❤️‍🔥 New York Times Book Review calls THE BOMBSHELL "effortlessly cool: a smart, sophisticated tale of sexual and political awakening over the course of a fateful summer."

Love this for 23-year-old me spending 8am-5pm PST scrolling through @jezebel while half-heartedly answering French-Canadian customer calls at Guess Jeans Inc.

“I wanted to create a teenage girl character whose coming-of-age story was rooted less in her insecurity and more in her overabundance of confidence, and Séverine in particular has a literally dangerous amount of confidence... I wanted her to be unlikable and also for people to relate. So in a sense, you are kind of reminded of your worst self when you were a teenager. You maybe were quite selfish, maybe you were manipulative, but also are giving her a little grace.” — @darrowfarr on writing an ‘unlikeable’ female protagonist in her debut novel THE BOMBSHELL ❤️‍🔥 Praise for THE BOMBSHELL👇 ✨ “If a book could possess “French-Girl Style,” The Bombshell would have it… effortlessly cool: a smart, sophisticated tale of sexual and political awakening over the course of a fateful summer.”—New York Times Book Review ✨ “An escapist, Hollywood-ready excursion to Corsica.”—Vogue ✨ “The truest encapsulation of the summer novel. It’s bold, brash, and deeply absorbing…Drama and destruction, passion and power, all add up to a combustible combination in this tale of conquest, freedom, and sexual awakening.”—Literary Hub

It’s Séverine summer - which is to say impulsive & kinda delulu. THE BOMBSHELL by debut author @darrowfarr is, per @clemencemichallon , a perfect novel. An absolute firecracker with a strong, singular, & deliciously hilarious voice. Tell your friends! Tell your lovers! Join the revolution 🧨

Swipe to see a few of our favorite unhinged Goodreads reviews for THE BOMBSHELL by @darrowfarr ! 💥❤️ Partly inspired by Patty Hearst’s kidnapping and radicalization, THE BOMBSHELL follows Séverine Guimard, a beautiful, brash, and ambitious seventeen-year-old daughter of a politician who becomes the face of a radical movement and sparks a widespread media frenzy. Fast-paced, lush and cinematic, this is the perfect read to get lost in this summer!

Honored to be featured on Annoying Blondes! Could gab with @stidrill forever… thank you for letting me go on about my annoying blonde, “charming, c*nty biatch” Séverine” ❤️‍🔥

Had a really lovely, fun, surprising time talking craft with Barbara. She really threw me for a loop there at one point lol 😅 I love going through the back catalog of this pod, too, fascinating/energizing convos from so many favs!