A Visit From The Goon Squad

Description

A novel that deals with the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs.

Promotion info

A brilliantly entertaining novel about memory, time, art and how humans connect at every level.

Awards

Winner of Galaxy National Book Awards: International Author of the Year 2011.

Reviews

"Pitch perfect. . . . Darkly, rippingly funny. . . . Egan possesses a satirist's eye and a romance novelist's heart."--"The New York Times Book Review" "At once intellectually stimulating and moving. . . . Like a masterful album, this one demands a replay."--"The San Francisco Chronicle" "A new classic of American fiction."--"Time" "Audacious, extraordinary."--"Philadelphia Inquirer" "A spiky, shape-shifting new book. . . . A display of Egan's extreme virtuosity."--"The New York Times" "Wildly ambitious. . . . A tour de force. . . . Music is both subject and metaphor as Egan explores the mutability of time, destiny, and individual accountability post-technology."--"O, The Oprah Magazine" "The smartest book you can get your hands on."--"Los Angeles Times" "A rich and unforgettable novel about decay and endurance, about individuals in a world as it changes around them. . . . [Egan] is one of the most talen

Author description

Jennifer Egan is the author of The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus, and the story collection Emerald City. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, and Ploughshares, and her nonfiction appears frequently in The New York Times Magazine. She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn.