Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad is about people who chase their dreams, people who lose track of them, folk who fall off the bandwagon and who sometimes never quite make it back on again. Simultaneously a short story collection and a novel, Egan’s book is an interweaving of life stories and a commentary on the circumstances which connect people. The innermost thoughts of kleptomaniac Sasha, music producer Lou, raging teen band The Flaming Dildos and suicidal Rob all find a place in the nostalgic jigsaw puzzle of this Pulitzer Prize winner. With ease and style Egan captures the fragmented, interconnected nature of life and makes us question the chapters which we ourselves are writing.
Posted 2:13pm Saturday 17th September 2016 by Monique Hodgkinson.
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