Jennifer Egan on A Visit from The Goon Squad

Interview

Friday, March 18, 2011

Jennifer Egan (Piete M Van Hattem – Vistalux)

Jennifer Egan's novel, A Visit from The Goon Squad, follows a group of music industry types — sleazeball executives, aging rock stars, kleptomanical assistants — jumping forward, backward and sideways in time. Innovative (one chapter, narrated by a child, is written entirely as a PowerPoint presentation) and poignant, Egan’s book just won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. (Kurt Andersen's interview with Jennifer Egan first aired September 17, 2010.)

Music Playlist

Too Drunk to F**k

Artist: Dead Kennedys

Album: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

Label: Manifesto Records

Purchase: Amazon
Something Familiar

Artist: Curve

Album: Come Clean

Label: Umvd Labels

Purchase: Amazon
Goon Squad

Artist: Elvis Costello

Album: Armed Forces

Label: Hip-O Records

Purchase: Amazon

Guests:

Jennifer Egan

Comments [2]

Morten from Denmark

Love the way she portrais her characters: http://ratemybooks.com/2011/in-focus-jennifer-egan/

Jennifer Egan knows how to capture your mind for days....

Nov. 15 2011 07:24 PM

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Lauren

I had my first "growing old" moment yesterday. When I first took this new job, everybody commented on how young I looked (I got my PhD a few months shy of my 30th birthday). I was editing a student's scholarship letter yesterday for a study abroad program and she mentioned how she didn't want to be one of those people who gets to be 30 and regrets her life (b/c they didn't go abroad during college).

Hahahaha Guess I'm the epitome of old and regretful now.

Mar. 25 2011 10:13 AM

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