Over two decades after losing the election for high school president, Perrotta introduces readers to a Flick who is all grown up and serving as assistant principal at her alma mater.
If you read Tom Perrotta’s novel “Election,” you likely last encountered Tracy Flick in 1998, a year later if you saw the movie adaptation starring Reese Witherspoon.
“Then, I think maybe 10 years ago or so, some critics started to revisit ‘Election’ and using an explicitly feminist lens to say, ‘Wait a second, this is a high school girl who was abused by a teacher who’s just trying to live her life. How did she get to be the villain?’” This brings us to his current, eighth novel, set in pre-pandemic 2018. “You don’t need to have read ‘Election’ to enjoy ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win,’” Perrotta says, “but there’s an added richness if you’re familiar with the earlier book. This is technically a sequel, but in my mind it's a standalone novel.
The other key player is Vito Falcone, a former star quarterback in high school and a one-time NFL player whose thoughts are voiced through Perrotta in the third person. Vito has made a mess of his life. He’s in AA and has reached the ninth step, trying to make amends to those he harmed. “I love that you say that,” says Perrotta, with a laugh. “Part of the inspiration for ‘Election’ — who cares about who gets elected president of your high school? — was that in the course of that supposedly meaningless competition, all sorts of attitudes and behaviors are revealed that connect to the larger political system.
The short, chapter-like bursts are ideal for a short-attention-span world. Pick it up, read, put it down. Do something. Repeat process.
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