Many of the chapters long to accomplish something innovative. As the novel goes on, all of the pieces begin to connect as time is constantly looking over them.īeyond the unique and refreshing plot elements, Egan’s prose and adoptive structure is gorgeous, but not in an overly pretentious, hard to swallow way. Each chapter is from a different point of view and tells another story. The fictional landscape is absolutely stunning and never dull. These are only a few of the many characters that make this novel exciting. There is also Sasha, a young punk rock girl employed by Benny, who lusts after her. There is a young boy that gets lost in the gaps of rock greats because it is in those where he finds the beat of time. He stirs pure gold flakes into his coffee everyday, hoping that it will give him youth. Benny is an aging record company CEO holding onto his days in a high school punk band and refusing to grow old. Every character connects to music in some emotional way. It is an element that pulses through the background for the entirety of the plot. There is not a lot of scholarly material published about it, but it is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel that is a favorite for many young fiction buffs. Though it was published almost seven years ago, it still has little attention in the literary world. A Visit From the Goon Squad is a contemporary novel written by Jennifer Egan.
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