A Visit from the Goon Squad

“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

Jennifer Egan is the author of “The Invisible Circus” and the story collection “Emerald City,” Her stories have been published in such magazines as “The New Yorker, Harper’s, GQ, Zoetrope,” and “Ploughshares,” and her nonfiction appears frequently in “The New York Times Magazine,” Egan lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn. For further information about Jennifer Egan, visit her Web site at