The overriding quality in Tom Perrotta’s writing is empathy, honed by observing people from afar
YOU MAY be familiar with the work of Tom Perrotta, even if you have never heard of him. In the 23 years since he published the first of his eight novels, four of them have been adapted for the screen—two as Oscar-nominated movies and two as acclaimed television series . Yet none has ever been advertised as “Tom Perrotta’s ‘Little Children’” or “Tom Perrotta’s ‘Mrs.
Yet Mr Perrotta turns these unusual premises into convincing stories by paying close attention to human detail. His tales are driven by character as much as plot, and those characters are usually preoccupied by quotidian matters such as sports, sex, work and child care. He eschews Manichean views of good and bad, too. If a figure appears to be villainous—such as the high-school politician Tracy Flick in “Election”—they are given a nuanced backstory.
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