Jake Shore

A Country for Fibbing Jake Shore

In A Country for Fibbing, a central character writes a play entitled Holy Moly. In reality, the play premiered at The Flea Theater in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan on August 3, 2016. Playbill's news headline states "Off-Broadway's Holy Moly Uniquely Connected to Real-Life Novel." Broadwayworld states "The debut and simultaneous release of Holy Moly and A Country for Fibbing, an innovative multi-media experience, marks the first time a play with a correlating novel have been simultaneously released in the United States."

Set first in a small port town in Rhode Island and then New York City, and starring a curious, young playwright claiming to be "making his rounds for overall morale," A Country for Fibbing questions what the universe has anything to do with an American's quest to be addicted and form ill-advised convictions. With trouble bursting on every page, the novel is a wild ride through a country held together by things that are falling apart.