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''A Visit from the Goon Squad'' is a 2010 work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan. It won the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction,〔("Jennifer Egan and Isabel Wilkerson Win National Book Critics Circle Awards" ), By JULIE BOSMAN, NY Times, March 10, 2011〕 and the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.〔 Most of the stories in ''A Visit from the Goon Squad'' concern Bennie Salazar, an aging rock music executive; his old assistant, Sasha; and their various friends and associates. The book follows a large cast of mostly self-destructive characters as they grow older and life sends them in directions they did not intend to go in. The stories shift back and forth in time, moving from the late sixties to the present and into the near future. Many of the stories take place in or around New York City, although some are set in California, Italy and Kenya. ==Collection or novel== Because of its unusual narrative structure, some critics have characterized the book as a novel and others as a collection of linked short stories. ''A Visit from the Goon Squad'' has 13 chapters, all of which can be read as individual stories, and does not focus on any single central character or narrative arc. In addition, many of the chapters were originally published as short stories in magazines such as ''The New Yorker'' and ''Harper's''. In an interview with Salon.com's Laura Miller, Egan said she leaned toward calling the book a novel rather than a short story collection. She has also said that she considers the book to be neither a story collection or a novel. ==Characters== * Sasha: Runs away to Asia and then Naples as a teenager, then studies at NYU and later becomes Bennie's assistant (for 12 years). Is a kleptomaniac. Marries late and moves to the desert to raise her two kids. * Bennie: Interested in the music business. Once a member of a band named "Flaming Dildos" with Scotty, Alice, Rhea, and Jocelyn. Later creates his own record label. * Lou: A music producer, and Bennie's mentor. Has many different affairs, marriages and children. * Scotty: Member of the Flaming Dildos as a teenager, but goes on to live in the margins of society. Eventually achieves a level of musical success as an older man. * Stephanie: Bennie's first wife. A member of a country club she resents, but where she enjoys playing tennis. * Dolly: Publicist in pursuit of fame. * Lulu: Dolly's daughter; unsure of father. Eventually replaces Sasha as Bennie's assistant in the final story, set in the near-future. * Kitty: A hugely successful teen star who becomes jaded and harsh after she is assaulted by Jules. * Jules: Stephanie's older brother. A bi-polar celebrity Journalist who goes to prison after assaulting Kitty. * Rob: Sasha's (debatably) gay best friend in college. Survives a suicide attempt but drowns while swimming with Sasha's boyfriend months later. * Bosco: Guitarist. Once a rockstar in The Conduits, who becomes a fat, aging cancer survivor with many health problems. * Alex: Went on a date and slept with Sasha in his twenties, later marries Rebecca and has a daughter Cara-Ann. Does a job for Bennie, secretly advertising Scotty's show. * Jocelyn: Dated (middle-aged) Lou when she was teenager.〔 http://goonsquadtimelines.weebly.com/ 〕〔 https://prezi.com/ycidgwvthuno/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad-character-map-and-analysis/ 〕 Later visits him as he is dying. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Visit from the Goon Squad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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