
The Diviners
Rick Moody(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 18. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-571-22947-5 (ISBN)
Description
Scores of film-business wannabes are connected to a major miniseries, among them: Vanessa Meandro, hot-tempered head of an indie film company; her harried and varied staff; a Sikh cab driver; a bi-polar bicycle messenger; the Vanderbilt girls; a thriller writer who gives Botox parties; a CEO of network programming whose daughter is Vanessa's donut gofer; and a supreme court justice who wants to write the script.
The Diviners is a cautionary tale about pointless ambition; a richly detailed look at the interlocking worlds of money, politics, addiction, sex, work, and family in modern America; and a masterpiece of comedy.
The Diviners is a cautionary tale about pointless ambition; a richly detailed look at the interlocking worlds of money, politics, addiction, sex, work, and family in modern America; and a masterpiece of comedy.
Reviews / Votes
"'Sweeping, dramatic, intelligent and utterly absorbing... a true epic.' The Times"More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-22947-5 (9780571229475)
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Person
Rick Moody was born in New York City and studied at Brown University and Columbia University. He has attracted considerable attention and received lavish praise for four books: Garden State (1992) (winner of the Pushcart Press Editors' Book Award), The Ice Storm (1994) (Ang Lee directed a film version released in 1997), Purple America (1997), heralded as Book of the Year by both the New York Times and New York Post and, most recently, his highly acclaimed collection of short stories, Demonology. In 1998, Moody received the Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent book The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions, was published by Faber in August 2002.