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Never before on audio! Tracy Flick wants to be President of Winwood High. She’s one of those ambitious girls who finds time to do it all: edit the yearbook, star in the musical, sleep with her English teacher. But another teacher, staunch idealist Jim McAllister, thinks the students deserve better. So he persuades Paul Warren, a good-hearted ...
Nine Inches, Tom Perrotta’s first true story collection, features ten stories—some sharp and funny, some mordant and surprising, and a few intense and disturbing.. Whether he’s dropping into the lives of two teachers—and their love lost and found—in “Nine Inches,” documenting the unraveling of a dad at a Little League game in “The Smile on Happy Chang’s Face”, or gently ...
Nov 27, 2013 · Throughout the novel, Atticus foolishly downplays the danger posed by Bob Ewell, the violent, racist drunk who forces his daughter to falsely accuse Tom Robinson of rape. Angered by Atticus’s ...
Jul 31, 2017 · Tom Perrotta is the author of several novels, including Election and The Leftovers. Ben King/HBO It's a time-honored tradition for novelists to draw material from their own lives, and author Tom ...
Jun 7, 2022 · Tom Perrotta: It actually didn’t begin with Tracy. I remember going to my editor a few years ago and saying, "I want to write about a middle-aged professional football player, now retired, who ...
Jun 10, 2014 · The Leftovers: A Novel. Paperback – June 10, 2014. by Tom Perrotta (Author) 3.8 3,940 ratings. Best Literature & Fiction. See all formats and editions. With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta's The Leftovers―now adapted into an HBO series―is a startling, thought ...
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Mar 9, 1998 · Tom Perrotta's “Election" is a captivating novel that is a foray into the unpredictable world of politics, where ambition, ego, and the quest for power collide. Set against the backdrop of a small town's school board election, this satirical novel expertly weaves together the lives of its characters, exposing their flaws and laying bare the ...
