TV Quiz Writer, Art Thief

[dzinkin]

Dara Horn's second novel, The World to Come, has as its protagonist, of all things, a TV quiz show writer who becomes an art thief.  The Wall Street Journal's review is at a paid-subscribers-only link, but here's the first paragraph and first sentence of the second paragraph:

Ben Ziskind is a 39-year-old nerd, a former child prodigy grappling with the bad news that "there is no such thing as an adult prodigy."  Coming out of an 11-month marriage, dumped by a wife he now realizes he never knew, he makes his living thinking up questions for a TV quiz show.

For all his troubles, one has to wonder what in the world impels this mild-mannered young man to steal a Chagall painting from a museum.

The Washington Post's review (which, IIRC, requires registration but not payment) is here.

Clearly game shows aren't the theme of the novel but I thought it interesting enough to share nonetheless.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jan 22 2006, 02:48 PM\']Clearly game shows aren't the theme of the novel but I thought it interesting enough to share nonetheless.

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Gee thanks, Henke!

;-) j/k don't cut off my accou.........

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 22 2006, 03:10 PM\']Gee thanks, Henke!

;-) j/k don't cut off my accou.........

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I'd ban you but the link to that part of the board is too long for me to type. ;-)

[tvrandywest]

Ben Ziskind is a 39-year-old nerd, a former child prodigy grappling with the bad news that "there is no such thing as an adult prodigy."  Coming out of an 11-month marriage, dumped by a wife he now realizes he never knew, he makes his living thinking up questions for a TV quiz show.

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Rachel Riskind, a mutual friend of George Gray and I, during the run of "Weakest Link", once introduced me to someone who asked a lot of questions, wanting to know about TV game shows for a book they were writing. Hmmmm.

Randy
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