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The story is set in the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois. The central character is Noel "Satan" Dorobek, a reclusive near-genius who gets his nickname because he believes there are people living inside the earth and that this was the ''Eden'' we were cast out of. NOTES Savio was inspired to write ''Idiots'' after stumbling upon John Kennedy Toole 's A Confederacy Of Dunces . As Savio notes in his acknowledgement, the first two paragraphs of ''Idiots'' are an homage to Toole's opening. Savio's ''Noel Dorobek'' wears tin foil on his head to protect himself from gamma rays. ''Idiots in the Machine'' was actually sold as a movie before it was sold as a novel. Although it is common for film rights to be purchased before publication, Sony Pictures purchased the film rights for Academy Award-winning producer Wendy Finerman four years before the novel was published. Savio has said in interviews that after writing several screenplay versions, he went back and rewrote the novel. FILM ADAPTATION Although purchased by Sony Pictures, no film has yet been made. At one point the late Chris Farley was rumored for the lead role. Farley was found dead in his Chicago apartment in the John Hancock Center. Ironically, the pivotal scene in the novel takes place atop the John Hancock Center. |
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