![]() ![]() (SOUNDBITE OF HBO SERIES, "THE LEFTOVERS")ĪMANDA WARREN: (As Lucy Warburton) The DSD has proclaimed a federal holiday of remembrance. The mayor is played by Amanda Warren, the police chief by series star, Justin Theroux. Here's a scene from Sunday's premier when the mayor of a small town is explaining her plans for a third anniversary parade, while the chief of police listens skeptically. Some start as a religious cult called the Guilty Remnants. The HBO drama starts with the disappearance, then jumps to three years later, as those who are left behind - the leftovers - struggle to carry on and make sense of it all. One day, with no warning and no explanation, 2 percent of the world's population just vanishes into thin air - old people, parents, children, even babies. Perrotta adapted it along with Damon Lindelof, one of the stars of ABC's "Lost." The story of HBO's "The Leftovers" is the same as in Perrotta's novel. Our next guest, Tom Perrotta, is a novelist whose latest book, "The Leftovers," is being turned into an HBO series of the same name which premieres Sunday. I'm TV critic, David Bianculli, sitting in for Terry Gross. ![]()
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