HBO mines bookstore shelves (again)

According to Flavorwire, HBO has hired Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof to collaborate with author Tom Perotta on a TV adaptation of Perotta's 2011 novel The Leftovers. The book (which I haven't read), apparently "follows a town dealing with the aftermath of the Sudden Departure, a Rapture-like event that leaves its survivors grieving, grasping for meaning, and, in some cases, joining bizarre cults in attempt to come to terms with a world that has been forever changed". Sounds like a rollicking good time!