Tom Perrotta

++Tues, Oct 13, 7PM: Celebrity Bookclub. Tom Perrotta leads a discussion of LUSH LIFE by Richard Price Master of the Bronx and Jersey projects, Price (Clockers) turns his unrelenting eye on Manhattan's Lower East Side in this manic crescendo of a novel that explores the repercussions of a seemingly random ... (more)shooting. When bartender Ike Marcus is shot to death after barhopping with friends, NYPD Det. Matty Clark and his team first focus on restaurant manager and struggling writer Eric Cash, who claims the group was accosted by would-be muggers, despite eyewitnesses saying otherwise. As Matty grills Eric on the still-hazy details of the shooting, Price steps back and follows the lives of the alleged shooters—teenagers Tristan Acevedo and Little Dap Williams, who live in a nearby housing project—as well as Ike's grieving father, Billy, who hounds the police even as leads dwindle. As the intersecting narratives hurtle toward a climax that's both expected and shocking, Price peels back the layers of his characters and the neighborhood until all is laid bare. With its perfect dialogue and attention to the smallest detail, Price's latest reminds readers why he's one of the masters of American urban crime fiction.

Giles Foden and Tom Perrotta discuss our new era of TV storytelling. Tickets £8 / £7 Concessions / £6 ICA members.

"Perrotta is that rare combination: a satirist with heart...Those who haven’t curled up on the couch with this writer’s books are missing a very great pleasure."Seattle Times

"Nobody renders the world of soccer moms and sprinklers and SUVs like Perrotta. He’s the Steinbeck of suburbia."Time

Tom ... (more)Perrotta is the author of five previous works of fiction:

Bad Haircut,

The Wishbones,

Election, and the New York Times bestsellers Joe College and Little Children. Perrotta was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay for the movie version of Little Children. Perrotta lives with his family outside Boston, Massachusetts.