A visit from the Goon Squad
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Visit from the Goon Squad volume 1.
Published:
New York : Anchor Books, 2011.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Anchor Books edition.
Physical Desc:
340 pages ; 21 cm
Status:
Description
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
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
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Lake Nebagamon Adult Fiction Paperback
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Apr 28, 2022
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Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9780307477477, 0307477479
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Description
Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs, confront their pasts in this story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Egan, J. (2011). A visit from the Goon Squad. First Anchor Books edition. New York, Anchor Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Egan, Jennifer. 2011. A Visit From the Goon Squad. New York, Anchor Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Egan, Jennifer, A Visit From the Goon Squad. New York, Anchor Books, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Egan, Jennifer. A Visit From the Goon Squad. First Anchor Books edition. New York, Anchor Books, 2011.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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