Facts about A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Music industry decline and the passage of time serve as central metaphors in A Visit from the Goon Squad, with the title referencing time itself as the 'goon squad.
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Egan's novel opens in 2006 and concludes in 2019, with the final chapter featuring a thirteen-year-old character named Abby experiencing technological and cultural shifts that bookend the narrative's exploration of generational change.
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Spanning thirteen years and following multiple characters across New York and Africa, A Visit from the Goon Squad explores themes of time and aging through its interconnected narrative structure.
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The novel's second section consists entirely of a PowerPoint presentation spanning thirteen slides, a formally experimental choice reflecting the book's structural innovation.
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Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011 for A Visit from the Goon Squad, her third novel.