"The Curious Disappearance of JB" by J.T. Holden
The Curious Disappearance of JB
The Catcher in the Rye for Millenials.
A world-famous teen pop star battles his reckless and irrepressible id for control of the body they share.
JB is an affable, claustrophobic, daydreaming eighteen-year-old pop star with a kind heart and a passion for making music. Swaggy is a pleasure-driven, smooth-talking, manipulative narcissist with a hair-trigger temper and a voracious lust for fame. Though the two have been inextricably linked since time out of memory and share a bond far greater than mere brotherhood—indeed they share the same body—Swaggy has long believed their "partnership" to be less than equitable, and secretly dreams of the day he will step from the shadows of their collective consciousness and into the spotlight.
When a troubled JB reveals that he is no longer certain he wants to live the life of a superstar, Swaggy knows that his time has finally come, and suggests they take off for a few days, just the two of them—no entourage, no security detail, no throng of paparazzi dogging their every move. But what begins as a seemingly innocuous trip to Sin City soon evolves into a journey of discovery as JB comes to realize that the world outside the ivory tower isn't quite what he'd expected—and further, that Swaggy, his most trusted confidant, may in fact be his own worst enemy.
young-adult
Keidrich Sellati as JB/Swaggy
Seth Rogen as Sandy
Male 30s Years old
Julian Richings as God (?)
Male unknown Years old
Susan Saradon as Mali Finn
Female 60s Years old