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A visit from the Goon Squad  Cover Image Book Book

A visit from the Goon Squad / Jennifer Egan.

Egan, Jennifer. (Author).

Summary:

Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780307592835
  • ISBN: 0307592839
  • ISBN: 9780307477477
  • ISBN: 0307477479
  • ISBN: 9781849010337
  • ISBN: 1849010331
  • Physical Description: 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Awards Note:
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2010.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2011.
Subject: Punk rock musicians > Fiction.
Sound recording executives and producers > Fiction.
Older men > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Art.
Older men.
Psychological fiction.
Punk rock musicians.
Sound recording executives and producers.
Young women.
Punkrockmusiker > skönlitteratur.
Genre: Fictional Works.
Fiction.
Novels.
Psychological fiction.

Currently available copies

  • 41 out of 42 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Athens Regional Library System.

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▼ Summaries & More
Summary: Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.

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