Jennifer Egan and the Goon Squad

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The novelist talks about her Pulitzer-winning book, which includes one chapter written as a PowerPoint presentation, and Stephen Fry discusses Greek mythology.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the New York Times Book Review Podcast.
0:05.0	I'm Gilbert Cruz, the new editor of the bookstask,
0:09.0	and for the next many months we'll be highlighting great author
0:12.0	interviews from our decade plus archive.
0:16.0	We're planning a new iteration of this podcast,
0:18.0	and as a result, we need to use the rest of the year to figure out
0:20.0	what that might sound like.
0:22.0	Until then, we hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane.
0:25.0	Today we have two conversations.
0:28.0	The first is a short one from 2010 with Jennifer Egan.
0:31.0	This year she published her novel The Candy House,
0:34.0	a sort of sequel to a visit from the Goon Squad.
0:36.0	You don't have to read or reread Goon Squad to enjoy the candy house,
0:40.0	but listening to Egan's talk with then book review editor Sam Tenon House
0:44.0	will serve as a good refresher for that first book.
0:47.0	Our second conversation is between Pam LaPaul and the actor and author Stephen Fry.
0:52.0	It was recorded in June 2020 that, first summer of the pandemic,
0:56.0	and Fry discusses his love for Oscar Wilde and the other books and authors
1:00.0	which inspired his love for language and reading.
1:05.0	With every new novel, Jennifer Egan is emerging as one of our very best novelists.
1:10.0	Her latest is called A Visit From the Goon Squad.
1:13.0	It's reviewed on our cover by Will Blithe,
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