A Visit from the Goon Squad Archives

Cover image for The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan: Virtual dystopia

25 May 2022 / 23 Comments

Five years ago, I reviewed Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach, noting that it was seven years since her Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad had been published. I was a little disappointed in it, truth be told, but when I spotted The Candy House in the schedules, I put up my hand, attracted by […]

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan: Virtual dystopia Read More »

The Last Book of the Year

At the beginning of 2014 I wrote one of those posts that I thought was just for my own satisfaction but which generated some interesting discussion. It was called ‘the first book of the year’ and it covered a decade of reading, all neatly recorded in a notebook that I still keep. I know we’re