A Visit from the Goon Squad, a Decade Later

July 1, 2020

Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad, made its debut a decade ago, and the author reflected on the book’s trajectory with Seija Rankin at Entertainment Weekly. “It was a wonderful gift and a nice shot of excitement,” Egan says. “It came at a time when I’m revisiting those characters and actually following them now up to 2034. Maybe we’ll talk again in 14 years and compare.”

is a writer and illustrator. She is the author of two illustrated books, Last Night's Reading (Penguin Books, 2015) and Sanpaku (Archaia 2018).