Jenny McGowan

When Jenny McGowan moved to New York to make it as an actress, she didn't realize that would mean transforming into "Miss Saturn" -- a hula-hoop-swinging burlesque performer.

Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.