Tom Perrotta, Author

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Variety: Reese Witherspoon to Star in ‘Election’ Sequel ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ at Paramount+

Interviews

New York Times: Tom Perrotta: By the Book
The author of Little Children, Election and The Leftovers had to force himself to finish Lolita: “All that sparkling wordplay just got exhausting after a while.” (read more)

ThoughtCast: Tom Perrotta on Flannery O’Connor — a literary affinity
Tom Perrotta, the author of Little Children, Election, The Abstinence Teacher and the upcoming novel The Leftovers, speaks with ThoughtCast about a writer who fascinates, irritates and inspires him: Flannery O’Connor. (read more)

The Atlantic: The Leftovers, Our Town, and the Brutal Power of Ordinary Details
Author Tom Perrotta, co-creator of a much-hyped new HBO drama, says Thornton Wilder’s play taught him to write about finding meaning in the banal. (read more)


Bonus Track – Tom Perrotta on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s influence:



Reviews

Tracy Flick Can’t Win Catches Up With a Hard-Luck High Achiever
–New York Times

Tracy Flick Can’t Win
–Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

Tom Perrotta Returns to Familiar Turf: Sex, Schools and Suburbia
—New York Times

In Mrs. Fletcher, Tom Perrotta Satirizes the Sex Lives of Mothers and Sons
—New York Times

When the Suburbs Get Skeevy
—The New Yorker

Mrs. Fletcher review: Tom Perrotta is the Jane Austen of 21st century sexual mores
—Newsday

The Eerie Aftermath of a Mass Exit
—New York Times

Tom Perrotta’s Subtle Apocalypse
—The New Yorker

Twilight of the Boosters
—Los Angeles Review of Books

All the Children Are Above Average
—New York Times

The Apocalypse According to ‘The Leftovers’
—The New Yorker

Ron Charles reviews The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta
—The Washington Post

‘The Leftovers’ is one of the best TV shows ever made
—Vox

‘The Leftovers’ Turned the End of the World Into the Best Show on TV
—The Ringer

Novelist paints an intriguing pas de deux
—The Seattle Times

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