Michael Schaub, a journalist and regular contributor to NPR, lives near Austin, Texas. Readers who are interested in plot and character, however, may well be less satisfied despite the fact that the basic elements of a gripping story are present. What, then, do we actually know about Phoebe This novel is a reckoning of how you and the people you know and love can become extremists without realizing it, how. Her book is shot through with carefully limned descriptions and unexpected languageorphic, sacerdotal, shibboleths, harlequin. Within it, he imagines Phoebe’s perspective, and sometimes John Leal’s. It’s told from Will’s perspective, in retrospect. I’ve loved and rewatched Kogonada’s work for years.” THE INCENDIARIES is lyrical, striking and prescient. Kwon also expressed enthusiasm for the project, saying, “I deeply admire FilmNation’s work and am utterly delighted by Lisa Randolph’s brilliant scripts, which are both so true to the novel and tell its story in new ways I couldn’t have imagined.

“I’m delighted to be working with Lisa Randolph and FilmNation to help bring this haunting, revelatory work to life.” Kwon’s story of class, reinvention, and the loss and radicalization of faith, which seems more relevant than ever,” Kogonada told Deadline. Kogonada, who helmed four episodes of the series adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, will direct the show. The screenplay for the series will be written by Lisa Randolph, known for her work on Being Human and Prodigal Son. The novel was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First Book Prize and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. Kwon’s debut novel, published in 2018 by Riverhead, follows Phoebe, a college student who’s recruited into a cult, and her friend, Will, who’s recently transferred to the school from a Bible college. Kwon’s book is being adapted as a limited series by FilmNation, the entertainment company behind films like Spencer and Red Rocket and the television series I Know This Much Is True. Kwon’s The Incendiaries is headed to the small screen, Deadline reports.

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