Jennifer Egan writes literary fiction that experiments with chronology, voice and the ways technology, memory and culture shape people's lives over time. A Visit from the Goon Squad moves among musicians, producers, families and friends through stories set at different points in their lives, including a chapter presented as PowerPoint slides. The Candy House returns to related characters and imagines technology that allows memories to be externalised and shared. Manhattan Beach takes a more conventional historical form through a young woman working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during the Second World War. Egan's prose is versatile and structurally inventive. Her work fits contemporary literary fiction, linked-story novels and experimental narrative. Read more Less
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