Hollywood, Ending(《好莱坞，终结》). By John Green. Dutton Books(达顿出版社); 304 pages; $32. Penguin(企鹅出版社); £22
《好莱坞，终结》。约翰·格林著。Dutton Books出版；304页；32美元。Penguin出版；22英镑。
John Green has many fans, among them Taylor Swift, who once called him “My. Favourite. Author.” He has sold over 50m copies of his young-adult(青少年（文学）的) books worldwide; more people have bought “The Fault in Our Stars”, a romance from 2012 about two young cancer patients, than “The Grapes of Wrath” or “Catch-22”(购买《星运里的错》的人比购买《愤怒的葡萄》或《第二十二条军规》的人还多。). However, some have also found fault with(对……挑毛病) the star writer. His first novel, “Looking for Alaska” (2005), has been the most banned(被禁的) book in American schools since PEN America(美国笔会), a free-speech group, began counting in 2021. (It contains swearing, drinking and an awkward sex scene censured(被谴责) as “pornographic”.)
约翰·格林拥有众多粉丝，其中就包括泰勒·斯威夫特，她曾称他为“我最. 喜欢的. 作家。”他的青少年小说全球销量超过五千万册；他2012年那部关于两个年轻癌症患者的爱情小说《星运里的错》，销量甚至超过了《愤怒的葡萄》和《第二十二条军规》。然而，也有人对这位明星作家颇有微词。他的第一部小说《寻找阿拉斯加》（2005年）自2021年自由言论组织美国笔会开始统计以来，一直是美国校园中被禁最多的书。（书中包含脏话、饮酒以及一个被斥为“色情”的尴尬性爱场景。）
Mr Green’s books offer earnest(真诚的) aphorisms(格言) that teenagers find profound, such as: “That’s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.” He has written cringey(令人尴尬的) musings (“my thoughts are stars I can’t fathom(理解、弄懂) into constellations(星座)”) and musings on cringiness (“‘cringe’ is what people who can’t feel things call feelings”). Now Mr Green is back on top of the bestseller list(重回畅销书榜首). “Hollywood, Ending”, his first tale for adults, follows two actors in their 20s who become famous overnight.(《好莱坞，终结》是他的第一部成人小说，讲述两名二十多岁的演员一夜成名的故事。)
格林的书里满是青少年觉得深刻的真诚格言，比如：“痛苦就是这样，它要求被感受。”他也写过令人尴尬的沉思（“我的思绪是星星，我无法将它们拼成星座”），还写过关于“尴尬”的沉思（“‘尴尬’是那些感受不到情感的人对情感的称呼”）。如今格林重回畅销书榜首。他的第一部成人小说《好莱坞，终结》讲述两名二十多岁的演员一夜成名的故事。