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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER - With music pulsing on every page, this startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption "features characters about whom you come to care deeply as you watch them doing things they shouldn't, acting gloriously, infuriatingly human" (The Chicago Tribune). One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century - One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. "Pitch perfect.... Darkly, rippingly funny.... Egan possesses a satirist's eye and a romance novelist's heart." --The New York Times Book Review
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0307477479
ISBN13:9780307477477
Release Date:March 2011
Publisher:Vintage
Length:368 Pages
Weight:0.82 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.1" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Breathtaking Book
Published by daviddeancarl , 4 years ago
I go back to this book every few years- it's a monumental work that at first seems like a collection of short stories. The concept is familiar, once the through-line is found, but the execution is masterful. There's a scope of storytelling within "A Visit From The Goon Squad" that leaves me with a pained sense of wonder.
Jennifer Egan shows her mastery of language and style in this work. She mimics other authors, she changes perspective frequently and deftly, she encapsulates the moment of an emotion so perfectly ('Safari' always comes to mind.) Her writing alone makes this a worthy read.
One note: there's one late chapter that takes a surprising form. (You'll know when you get there.) This chapter is best viewed on the author's website.
Can't recommend this book highly enough.
Good book
Published by Mikester , 4 years ago
Very interesting ideas, even though the language is a little out there
Can't believe it
Published by retwife , 5 years ago
I absolutely hated this book and though I finished it - am amazed I wasted my time.
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