A review by narrativeleaves
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

5.0

Wow, this is what I call good contemporary fiction! It is experimental without ever coming close to pretentiousness: a weird collection of intermingled tales about the lives of people who age and come to terms – or not – with it. It has some wonderful reflections on ephemerality, time, art (especially music), post-modernity and post-post-modernity. Highly recommended for anyone who isn’t bothered easily with reading about the daily life of 20th/21st century Americans. I am looking forward to reading something other by Jennifer Egan.