The main character in misanthropic novelist Victor Pagán’s third novel is Vivien Langford, who happens to be the world’s biggest movie star. Vivien Langford, however, is a flesh-and-blood human being — an accomplished writer herself — and she’s having none of it. Outraged by the unwanted misappropriation of her persona, she immediately sues to stop the book’s distribution. But she goes further — much further. Contacting Victor directly in a series of FaceTime exchanges, she proceeds to dismantle his misogynistic, condescending character (and meager oeuvre), finally leaving him one option for redemption: She’ll allow his book to come out if he agrees to a very public humiliation.