Bøger af Tom Perrotta

Tracy Flick es la esforzada subdirectora de un instituto pâublico en una tranquila y pequeäna ciudad de Nueva Jersey. A sus cuarenta aänos, lleva una vida apacible y, aunque su ambiciâon es menor que en su juventud, cuando surge la oportunidad de convertirse en la prâoxima directora del centro.

Soon to be a major film Tracy Flick, star of Election and one of the most memorable characters of our time, returns in this dark and insightful comedy about midlife.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon "Tom Perrotta is...one of the great writers that we have today. I love this book." --Harlan Coben An "engrossing and mordantly funny" (People) novel about ambition, coming-of-age in adulthood, and never really leaving high school politics behind--featuring New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta's most iconic character of all time. Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal, Jack Weede, abruptly announces his retirement, creating a rare opportunity for Tracy to ascend to the top job. Energized by the prospect of her long-overdue promotion, Tracy throws herself into her work with renewed zeal, determined to prove her worth to the students, faculty, and School Board, while also managing her personal life--a ten-year-old daughter, a needy doctor boyfriend, and a burgeoning meditation practice. But nothing ever comes easily to Tracy Flick, no matter how diligent or qualified she happens to be. Her male colleagues' determination to honor Vito Falcone--a star quarterback of dubious character who had a brief, undistinguished career in the NFL--triggers memories for Tracy and leads her to reflect on the trajectory of her own life. As she considers the past, Tracy becomes aware of storm clouds brewing in the present. Is she really a shoo-in for the principal job? Is the Superintendent plotting against her? Why is the School Board President's wife trying so hard to be her friend? And why can't she ever get what she deserves? A sharp, darkly comic, and pitch-perfect chronicle of the second act of one of the most memorable characters of our time, Tracy Flick Can't Win "delivers acerbic insight about frustrated ambition" (Esquire).

DE BESTSELLER VAN DE POPULAIRE HBO©-SERIEHet is 14 oktober, de dag van het Plotse Vertrek in Mapleton waarbij uit het niets 140 miljoen mensen verdwenen. Hoe bouw je je leven weer op nadat je familieleden, buren en vrienden er ineens niet meer zijn? De burgemeester van Mapleton, Kevin Garvey, probeert zijn getraumatiseerde dorpsbewoners er weer bovenop te helpen, maar ook zijn eigen familie is door de ramp veranderd. Zijn vrouw heeft hem verlaten en is lid geworden van de sekte ‘De Schuldige Achterblijvers’. Ook zijn zoon heeft hem de rug toegekeerd en zoekt steun bij een schimmige profeet. Alleen zijn dochter woont nog bij Kevin in huis. Weet hij zijn dochter op het juiste pad te houden?Tom Perrotta (1961) is een gerenommeerde schrijver en scenarioschrijver uit de Verenigde Staten. Hij is vooral bekend door zijn romans ‘Election’ (1998), ‘Brave huisvaders’ (2006), ‘The Leftovers’ (2015) en ‘Lessen in onthouding’ (2007). ‘Election’ is in 1999 verfilmd met niemand minder dan Matthew Broderick en Reese Witherspoon in de hoofdrollen. Ook ‘Little Children’ is verfilmd in 2006 met als hoofdrollen de actrices Kate Winslet en Jennifer Connelly. Perrotta heeft hiervoor een Golden Globe gekregen en was genomineerd voor een Academy Award. ‘The Leftovers’ is uitgebracht als serie op HBO waar Perrotta zelf aan meewerkte.

Joe College is Tom Perrotta's warmest and funniest fiction yet, a comic journey into the dark side of love, higher education and food service. For many college students, Spring Break means fun and sun in Florida. For Danny, a Yale junior, it means two weeks behind the wheel of the Roach Coach, his father's lunch truck, which plies the parking lots of office parks in central New Jersey. But Danny can use the time behind the coffee urn to try and make sense of a love life that's gotten a little complicated. There's loyal and patient hometown honey Cindy and her recently dropped bombshell to contend with. And there's also lissome Polly back in New Haven--with her shifting moods, perfect thrift store dresses and inconvenient liaison with a dashing professor.If girl problems aren't enough, there's the constant menace of the Lunch Monsters, a group of thugs who think Danny has planted the Roach Coach in their territory.

Het is burgerlijkheid ten top in het buurtje waar de families van Richard, Todd en Larry wonen. De vrouw van Richard, Sarah, was ooit zeer feministisch maar is nu een typische huismoeder geworden. Todd is de hunk uit de straat en krijgt veel aandacht van de naburige huisvrouwen. Niets mis met het huisvader bestaan volgens Todd! Mary Ann, de vrouw van Larry, is een voorbeeldige huisvrouw en heeft netjes iedere dinsdagavond seks met haar man. Maar de keurige leventjes met dagelijkse beslommeringen komen op hun kop te staan wanneer een vrijgekomen pedofiel in de wijk komt wonen. Ook het gezinsleven wordt drastisch anders nadat twee ouders een liefdesverhouding zijn begonnen. In ‘Brave huisvaders’ weet Perrotta op komische wijze de kommer en kwel te verwoorden van burgerlijke gezinnetjes. Tom Perrotta (1961) is een gerenommeerde schrijver en scenarioschrijver uit de Verenigde Staten. Hij is vooral bekend door zijn romans ‘Election’ (1998), ‘Brave huisvaders’ (2006), ‘The Leftovers’ (2015) en ‘Lessen in onthouding’ (2007). ‘Election’ is in 1999 verfilmd met niemand minder dan Matthew Broderick en Reese Witherspoon in de hoofdrollen. Ook ‘Little Children’ is verfilmd in 2006 met als hoofdrollen de actrices Kate Winslet en Jennifer Connelly. Perrotta heeft hiervoor een Golden Globe gekregen en was genomineerd voor een Academy Award. ‘The Leftovers’ is uitgebracht als serie op HBO waar Perrotta zelf aan meewerkte.

De families in het rooskleurige Stonewood Heights lijken nette mensen, maar ook zij kampen met ongepast gedonder. Ruth geeft als gescheiden moeder seksuele voorlichting op de middelbare school in het dorp, maar niet op de conservatieve manier dat het schoolhoofd graag zou zien. Ze leert de kinderen dat seks leuk is en dat ze zich hier niet voor hoeven te schamen. Ruth raakt ook in conflict met de voetbalcoach van haar dochter. Hij vertrouwt haar niet, maar de levens van de twee raken toch met elkaar verstrikt. Perrotta vertelt in ‘Lessen van onthouding’ op satirische wijze het verhaal van alle weggedrongen taboes die heersen onder keurige families.Tom Perrotta (1961) is een gerenommeerde schrijver en scenarioschrijver uit de Verenigde Staten. Hij is vooral bekend door zijn romans ‘Election’ (1998), ‘Brave huisvaders’ (2006), ‘The Leftovers’ (2015) en ‘Lessen in onthouding’ (2007). ‘Election’ is in 1999 verfilmd met niemand minder dan Matthew Broderick en Reese Witherspoon in de hoofdrollen. Ook ‘Little Children’ is verfilmd in 2006 met als hoofdrollen de actrices Kate Winslet en Jennifer Connelly. Perrotta heeft hiervoor een Golden Globe gekregen en was genomineerd voor een Academy Award. ‘The Leftovers’ is uitgebracht als serie op HBO waar Perrotta zelf aan meewerkte.

A startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection, and loss from The New York Times bestselling author of The Abstinence Teacher and Little Children

Elegantly and simply written, "The Abstinence Teacher" illuminates the powerful emotions that run beneath the placid surface of modern family life, and explores the complicated spiritual and sexual lives of ordinary people.

New York Times bestseller!From the bestselling author of The Leftovers and Little Children comes a penetrating and hilarious new novel about sex, love, and identity on the frontlines of America's culture wars.

Following in the footsteps of the late great Lester Bangs -- the most revered and irreverent of rock 'n' roll critics -- twenty-four celebrated writers have penned stories inspired by great songs. Just as Bangs cast new light on a Rod Stewart classic with his story "e;Maggie May,"e; about a wholly unexpected connection between an impressionable young man and an aging, alcoholic hooker, the diverse, electrifying stories here use songs as a springboard for a form dubbed the lit riff. Alongside Bangs's classic work, you'll find stories by J.T. LeRoy, who puts a recovering teenage drug abuser in a dentist's chair with nothing but the Foo Fighters's "e;Everlong"e; -- blaring through the P.A. -- to fight the pain; Jonathan Lethem, whose narrator looks back on his lost innocence just as an extramarital affair careens to an end -- this to the tune "e;Speeding Motorcycle"e; as recorded by Yo La Tengo; and Jennifer Belle, who envisions a prequel to Paul Simon's "e;Graceland"e; -- one that takes place at a children's birthday party replete with a real live kangaroo. With original contributions from Tom Perrotta, Nelson George, Amanda Davis, Lisa Tucker, Aimee Bender, Darin Strauss, and many more -- riffing on everyone from Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen to the White Stripes, Cat Power, and Bob Marley -- this is both an astounding collection of short stories and an extraordinary experiment in words and music. Soundtrack available from Saturation Acres Music & Recording Co.

From the author of 'Little Children' and now a major new TV series, 'The Leftovers' asks what if one day some of us simply vanished? And some were left behind?Following the sudden disappearance of thousands of citizens, Kevin Garvey, Mapleton's new mayor, wants to bring a sense of hope to his traumatised community, but his family has fallen apart in the wake of disaster. Kevin's wife has joined a homegrown cult, and his son is a disciple of the prophet Holy Wayne. Only Jill, Kevin's daughter, remains, and she's no longer the sweet student she once was.Written with a rare ability to illuminate our everyday struggles, 'The Leftovers' is a startling novel about love, connection and loss.

The second novel from Tom Perrotta, author of 'Little Children', 'Election' and 'The Abstinence Teacher'.Everything is going pretty well for Dave Raymond. He's 31, but he still feels young. He's playing guitar with the Wishbones, a New Jersey wedding band, and while it isn't exactly the Big Time, it is music. He has a roof over his head...well, it's his parents' roof, but they don't hassle him much. Life isn't perfect. But it isn't bad. Not bad at all.But then he has to blow it all by proposing to his girlfriend...One man's treasure is another man's millstone. To Dave, the treasure in question is Gretchen; a sexy, bohemian poet Dave meets when playing at a wedding with his band. While Gretchen the poet plays 'the bridesmaid', Dave plays 'the rock-star'. And suddenly, the comfortable trajectory of his reality seems far less appealing.

A brilliantly funny novel from the author of 'The Abstinence Teacher' and 'Little Children', made into an acclaimed film starring Reece Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.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 school musical, sleep with her English teacher. Staunch idealist, Jim McAllister (aka 'Mr M') thinks the students deserve better. So he persuades Paul Warren - a well-liked, good-hearted jock - to run as well. But that puts Paul's sister, Tammy, in a snit. So she runs too, on an apathy platform - before starting a real campaign...to get herself kicked out of school.The idea was to educate the students of this suburban New Jersey school in the democratic process and the American way. But with all the sex scandals, smear campaigns and behind-the-scenes powerbrokers at Winwood High, it doesn't look as if they need any lessons...

A sharp, funny and beautifully observed satire about the disturbing influence of the Christian right from one of America's most cherished authors.Ruth Ramsey went too far. She hadn't noticed the changing climate. A Sex Ed teacher "e;championing"e; oral sex!? Not now, not in this America...Cherished by her high school pupils as someone who'd tell it straight, after one innocent classroom indiscretion Ruth suddenly finds the curriculum she has taught for nigh on 15 years worryingly out of vogue. It seems these days the kids no longer need teaching; they need telling. As the scandal flares up and attracts the unwelcome eye of the local evangelical Church, the appeasing high-school principal forces her into advocating a pro-abstinence agenda in the classroom that is at odds with all conventional wisdom. Jaded though she is by her recent divorce and fruitless search for a new love, she is not yet ready to kneel at the altar of sophistry - if common sense is to be sacrificed to Puritanism, she won't let it pass without a fight.On the other hand, it is a syllabus change which Tim Mason, recovering addict, local football coach and recent convert to the same plaintiff Church, should consider a victory. But his new found faith is constantly put to the test by the temptations of his former wayward life, forcing him into grand, defensive statements of purpose. When he makes the gesture of leading his football team in prayer after a hard-fought victory, in which Ruth's daughter Maggie starred, he manages not only to incur the wrathful attention of her mother, but to cement his position as the star evangelist of his church - an office he is none too sure about occupying.'The Abstinence Teacher' is a cutting portrayal of modern America and the influence of the Christian right from the acclaimed, bestselling author of 'Election' and 'Little Children'. Scathing, witty and brilliantly observed, it will doubtless confirm Perrotta's standing as one of the finest chroniclers of American life.