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In Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad, the lives of several interconnected characters unfold across decades in a quicksand-like, non-linear narrative that explores their relationship with identity and mortality and their search for purpose in a world that feels chaotic and arbitrary
. The novel is divided into 13 chapters, each telling an interrelated story. A Visit from the Goon Squad was an instant success when it was published in 2010, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2024, it was ranked 39th on the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list by the New York Times.Read the full book summary, the full book analysis, and explanations of important quotes from A Visit from the Goon Squad.