# Event Details - **Event Name**: Tom Perrotta in Person - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 02 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 02 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us on Tuesday, June 2 at 7 PM as Tom Perrotta talks about his new novel, Ghost Town. He will be joined in conversation by Martín EspadaAbout this EventJoin us on Tuesday, June 2 at 7 PM as Tom Perrotta talks about his new novel, Ghost Town. He will be joined in conversation by Martín Espada.About the BookFrom New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta, hailed by critics as “the Steinbeck of Suburbia” (Time), “our Balzac of the burbs” (Chicago Sun-Times), and “an American Chekhov” (The New York Times), comes a gripping and darkly nostalgic tale about a tumultuous summer in 1970s suburban New Jersey, from the perspective of a middle-aged writer looking back on a series of events that changed his life—and the story he finally has the courage to tell.Jimmy Perrini lives in 1970s suburban New Jersey, a few miles from Manhattan, but a world apart. At the end of eighth grade, after tragedy strikes, Jimmy finds himself lost in a fog of grief that alienates him from friends and family, drifting instead into troubling friendships with two older teenagers: one a notorious local burnout with a fast car, an endless supply of W**d, and a shaky grasp of reality; the other a smart, eccentric girl, whom Jimmy finds himself drawn to as they become entranced by her Ouija board, which may just offer the only salve to their grief.As a fateful public drama unfolds, Jimmy is torn between the occult beyond and the cold realities of the place he has called home. Narrated by a much older Jimmy, a literary-turned-commercial novelist, Ghost Town reveals how the past haunts the present—the way our ghosts are always with us, even when we think we’ve left them behind.About the AuthorTom Perrotta is the author of eleven works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers and Mrs. Fletcher, which were adapted into acclaimed HBO series. His new novel is Ghost Town. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/south-hadley/tom-perrotta-in-person/100001982362523672 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, performances, theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: South Hadley - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: Odyssey Bookshop - **lat**: 42.259151 - **long**: -72.57602 - **full address**: Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College Street, South Hadley, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Tom Perrotta in Person - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/8bd7cd91fd4037859e061e5609ffff5eb35c50cdfab8864676ec38f6714cca83-rimg-w1200-h863-dcf79a1c-gmir.jpg?v=1770227284 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Tom Perrotta in Person being held? - **A:** Tom Perrotta in Person takes place on Tue, 02 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 02 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College Street, South Hadley, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Tom Perrotta in Person? - **A:** Tom Perrotta in Person is organized by Odyssey Bookshop. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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