Back when I was a kid in my twenties, I worked in book publishing. This was one of the worst paying jobs you could get in the late eighties, but it did have one great side benefit. Free books! The problem with this at holiday time was no one wanted...

Chapter excerpt from Rick Moody's latest novel, The Diviners. Moody talks to Huffpo about the book here.

Rosa Elisabetta Meandro, in insubstantial light, entrails in flames. Rosa Elisabetta of the hammertoe, Rosa Elisabetta of the corns. Rosa Elisabetta of the afflictions. She has hinted about the nature of her...

Once, when I was seventeen or so, I was riding in the car with my father and my stepmother. Not unusual, of course, to watch my stepmother crank the radio dial away from the rock and roll station that I had lobbied in favor of, in favor of one of...

Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm and The Black Veil, talks to HuffPo about Hollywood, killer bike messengers and The Diviners, his first novel in seven years. Interview by Mark Doten.

HP: In terms of The Diviners' scope, the number of characters and locations -- the sheer heft of...