A Visit from the Goon Squad, (Hardcover)

from dmsteyn

A curious book, both well-written and moving, but also sometimes perplexing. I liked the fact that the book challenges some time-honoured novelistic conventions, but these challenges to literary customs sometimes led to a disjointed feel. The book is certainly interesting and unusual in its struc...

from Donna828

Time's a goon. I found myself in strange company here, but despite my resistance, I warmed up to the Goon Squad. I found myself engaging with the memories of Bennie Salazar as the author visited the different stages in his musical career and the people he encountered, including the unforgettable ...

from Smiler69

Somehow, I don't think saying that this book is about the music industry is doing it any justice, because is seems to be about so much more than that. But then, it's as much about music as anything else that is about time and voice and melody. We meet Sasha in the first chapter when she steps int...

from stonelaura

It's really more like I admired it rather than liked it, as the three stars suggests. Egan is very talented and does a good job of linking the various characters in this(yet another)novel-as-short-story-collection, although you still may need a spreadsheet to keep it all together. She creates gre...

from Micalhut

I have to admit I was a tad hesitant to read this even though the author is coming to our Literary Sojourn AND it won the Pulitzer. I kept hearing weird things like . . . powerpoint presentations and futuristic and disjointed. And punk rockers. Really? To make myself read it, I suggested it to bo...