Goon Squad

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 9, 2010

Jennifer Egan talks about her latest novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad . It touches on how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, and lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and chronicles how and why we change, even as the song stays the same. 


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