The Diviners

The Diviners

by RickMoody (Author)

Synopsis

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 judge 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 576
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 18 Jan 2007

ISBN 10: 0571229476
ISBN 13: 9780571229475
Book Overview: The Diviners by Rick Moody is a spectacularly epic comedy of love, politics, sex and work from one of the most admired and influential American writers of his generation.

Media Reviews
'Sweeping, dramatic, intelligent and utterly absorbing... a true epic.' The Times
Author Bio
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.