Author Tom Perrotta on The Leftovers and Lord of the Rings

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Author Tom Perrotta on The Leftovers and Lord of the Rings

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Tom Perrotta talks about his novel and new HBO show The Leftovers, why his nickname in high school was Frodo and what he learned from a summer working as a garbage collector. Plus a nerd confession about a Tinder match gone awry because of Game of Thrones.

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Jul 30, 2014

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Author Tom Perrotta on The Leftovers and Lord of the Rings

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