TV Buzz In an interview at yesterday's New Yorker Festival, author Jonathan Franzen confirmed his 2001 dysfunctional family epic will be a four-year series on HBO. Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Greenberg) is also involved with the project, likely to direct. (via.)
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It's the literary read of the season, so naturally NPR has an excerpt for you. Upshot: Families suck, because they're made up of people.