The Resource A visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
A visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
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- Summary
- Egan is the author of The Keep. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker? Harpers? and Granta. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship? a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship? and a Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellowship. Her nonfiction articles appear frequently in The New York Times Magazine and have won a number of awards. Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar? an aging former punk rocker and record executive? and Sasha? the passionate? troubled young woman he employs. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other?s pasts? the reader does? in intimate detail? along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 483 p. (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781594135736
- Label
- A visit from the Goon Squad
- Title
- A visit from the Goon Squad
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Egan
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- Large print books
- Psychological fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
- trueYoung women
- trueSenior men
- Older men -- Fiction
- Punk rock musicians -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- Sound recording executives and producers -- Fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- truePunk rock musicians
- trueKleptomania
- trueMusic industry and trade
- trueSound recording executives and producers
- trueChange
- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Egan is the author of The Keep. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker? Harpers? and Granta. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship? a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship? and a Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellowship. Her nonfiction articles appear frequently in The New York Times Magazine and have won a number of awards. Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar? an aging former punk rocker and record executive? and Sasha? the passionate? troubled young woman he employs. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other?s pasts? the reader does? in intimate detail? along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs
- Summary
- Working side-by-side for a record label, former punk rocker Bennie Salazar and the passionate Sasha hide illicit secrets from one another while interacting with a motley assortment of equally troubled people from 1970s San Francisco to the post-war future.
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2011.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2010.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2010.
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 2010.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2010.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2010
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 348809
- Cataloging source
- VALP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Egan, Jennifer
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Older men
- Punk rock musicians
- Sound recording executives and producers
- Young women
- Large print books
- Large print books
- Interpersonal relations
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 483 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781594135736
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781594135736
- (OCoLC)788239037
- Label
- A visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 483 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781594135736
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781594135736
- (OCoLC)788239037
Subject
- trueChange
- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- trueKleptomania
- Large print books
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMusic industry and trade
- Older men -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- truePunk rock musicians
- Punk rock musicians -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueSenior men
- trueSound recording executives and producers
- Sound recording executives and producers -- Fiction
- trueYoung women
- Young women -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2011
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2010
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2010
- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: Fiction
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2010
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
- trueRecommended by Molly Wyand
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
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- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2011.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2010.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2010.
- Award
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, 2010.
- Award
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2010.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2010
- Award
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2011.
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