Media & press
In print
Reviews, interviews and features — plus the excerpts first published on Hollywood Dementia, preserved through the Internet Archive.
Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
6 Oct 2016
Kirkus Reviews
American AssholeStarred review and a Best Books of 2016 selection. “A sharp contemporary satire that lovingly confronts the raucous realities of Hollywood, the internet, and the media.”
14 Oct 2016
Kirkus Reviews
Keep Santa Monica Clean“A wildly entertaining take on Hollywood and the slime beneath the sparkle.”
29 Aug 2018
Kirkus Reviews
A Los Angeles Love Story“A sleek and subversive thriller that should appeal to readers who enjoy edgy fiction.”
19 Nov 2018
Kirkus Reviews
City of Angels“The conclusion delivers an inventive, theatrical climax.”
Kirkus Reviews
A wickedly funny, timely satire, full of piercing jabs at Hollywood.
On American Asshole · Starred review · Best Books of 2016
Interviews & Features
Profiles
6 Oct 2016
Santa Monica Daily Press
Local authors explore ambition, abuse, adventureBy Jeffrey I. Goodman. “Reality bores Pasha Adam, so he writes fiction.” Front page, Volume 15, Issue 271 — read the full edition on Issuu.
Interview
VoyageLA
Life & Work with Pasha Adam of West HollywoodA long-form conversation about writing, Los Angeles and the work.
Excerpts
Hollywood DementiaExtracts from American Asshole and Keep Santa Monica Clean ran on Nikki Finke’s Hollywood Dementia. The site has since gone dark; these links open archived captures held by the Internet Archive.
Archived
Hollywood Dementia
American Asshole, Part OnePublished on Nikki Finke’s Hollywood Dementia. Wayback Machine capture, 14 November 2016.
Archived
Hollywood Dementia
American Asshole, Part TwoThe second installment, concluding the extract. Wayback Machine capture, 14 November 2016.
Archived
Hollywood Dementia
Keep Santa Monica Clean, Part OnePublished on Nikki Finke’s Hollywood Dementia. Wayback Machine capture, 16 July 2018.
Archived
Hollywood Dementia
Keep Santa Monica Clean, Part TwoThe second installment, concluding the extract. Wayback Machine capture, 16 July 2018.
Elsewhere
Bylines & channels
Profile
Kirkus Reviews
Author pageEvery Kirkus review, in one place.
Archive
HuffPost
Contributor archiveTelevision criticism and interviews, including conversations with the creators of American Horror Story and House.
Profile
Goodreads
Books and reader reviewsAll four novels, their editions and reader ratings.
Ongoing
Instagram
@thepashaadamPhotographs, work in progress, Los Angeles.