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--"The New York Times" "Wildly ambitious. I really enjoyed this book and it stayed with me for quite a while after I finished it. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. A Visit from the Goon Squad is a book about the interplay of time and music, about survival, about the stirrings and transformations set inexorably in motion by even the most passing conjunction of our fates. Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2018.

The author really captures the spirit of the characters and divulges in to some rather interesting backstories which overlap throughout. . You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. My advice is to stick with it, if you can then you're rewarded with a complete story that spans decades and weaves though the lives of complex characters. Cancel online anytime. . Could not finish it.

A Visit from the Goon Squad is a unique and well written novel though I would classify it more of a collection of short stories. --"Los Angeles Times" "A rich and unforgettable novel about decay and endurance, about individuals in a world as it changes around them. Ortega's soft, almost whispery, presentation mirrors Egan's subtle character development while giving the listener the sense of confidences shared, reflections examined, and triumphs and weaknesses revealed. Both me and my wife struggled with this book, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2019. She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn. . In fact, I only expected to like the book, but I fell in love with the writing style and the imagery and the metaphors.

By then, Egan has accrued tertiary characters, like Scotty Hausmann, Bennie's one-time bandmate who all but dropped out of society, and Alex, who goes on a date with Sasha and later witnesses the future of the music industry.

I think it's a good read, but nothing life-changing or eye-opening. I certainly wasn't expecting a narrative told in separate connected stories (think: Olive Kitteridge, The Tsar of Love and Techno), that's for sure. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. I think it's a good read, but nothing life-changing or eye-opening. A Visit from the Goon Squad is a book about the interplay of time and music, about survival, about the stirrings and transformations set inexorably in motion by even the most passing conjunction of our fates. That being said, I didn’t particularly enjoy the journey I took to get there. . © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2015.

One of the most (unnecessarily) complicated books I have ever read. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2017. Please try your request again later. I really enjoyed this book and it stayed with me for quite a while after I finished it. Music is both subject and metaphor as Egan explores the mutability of time, destiny, and individual accountability post-technology." We begin in contemporaryish New York with kleptomaniac Sasha and her boss, rising music producer Bennie Salazar, before flashing back, with Bennie, to the glory days of Bay Area punk rock, and eventually forward, with Sasha, to a settled life. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App.

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. Fiction of the highest quality. Absolutely a mess about a bunch of musicians, producers, publicists, druggies. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. It's a bold approach, and it works. Something went wrong. Egan writes confidently with truly delightful, spot-on descriptors, fresh metaphors and cultural insight. And time is the key to this novel: we readers are observing the lives of people who wonder what has happened, where have the years gone, and how they could have passed so quickly? . It's an easy read, and one to read again, perhaps more slowly, in the future.

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