Tom Perrotta Hails Suburban Sendup 'Neighbors'
Tom Perrotta has made satirical sport of the mallscape of outer New Jersey, the misadventures of struggling rock bands and the casual brutalities of Ivy League college life. His most recent novel, Little Children (2003), offers affectionate portraits of suburban adulterers trapped in the dying throes of their arrested adolescence. He is, in short, a worthy student indeed of Thomas Berger and his work. Perrotta's novel Election was adapted into a 1999 movie of the same name.
