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Perrotta cowrote the screenplay for the 2006 film version of little children with todd field, for which he received an academy award nomination for best adapted screenplay. Tom perrotta was born in newark, new jersey and raised in. With his newest novel, the leftovers, perrotta ponders an interesting question. Such is the premise of tom perrottas the leftovers, which focuses on the small town of mapleton and on the family of the newlyelected mayor, kevin garvey. The new series is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the leftovers author tom perrotta, who is on board to not only write the pilot episode, but will also serve as an executive producer. Examining the leftovers, after the rapture what if the rapture actually occurred. How would a person deal with the disappearance of a spouse, children, or parents. In our lives, many of us are living like various groups in the leftovers. Below, vox critic at large todd vanderwerff and staff writer caroline framke discuss the episode in full.
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