A Visit from the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan · 2010 CE · Novel · Modern / American · Contemporary

Linked chapters follow a record producer, Bennie Salazar, and his assistant Sasha across several decades, from the punk scene of 1970s California to a near-future New York, one chapter being set as a slideshow. 'Time's a goon,' as the book has it.

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