A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (2010)
Time is a goon…and so is this novel.
Whatever happened to the conventional novel as opposed to the contemporary novel-ty novel? I’m all for creativity and trying for something new, but a chapter done in Powerpoint? What’s next…Chapter 14 is displayed at night in the lit windows of a Manhattan skyscraper (hmm…maybe I’m on to something). I am getting a little tired of contemporary literature that lets the story/characters take a back seat to Creative Writing 101 toying.
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