What does historical fiction look like in the hands of Jennifer Egan?

With this one, I really was circling a curiosity about New York during World War II, and

that curiosity goes back a long way.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author will be here to talk about her new novel, Manhattan

Beach.

Is Silicon Valley getting in the way of liberal values?

These technologies are dangerous for very specific reasons, which is that these companies shape

our perception of reality.

Franklin Fowler will join us to talk about his new book, World Without Mind.

Alexander Alter will tell us about the latest goings-on in the literary world, and we'll

talk about what we and the wider world are reading.

This is Inside the New York Times Booker View.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Jennifer Egan joins us now.

She is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of a visit from the Goon Squad, as well as other

novels, and is a journalist as well, who is written for the New York Times magazine, as

well as for the book review.

Jenny, thanks for being here.

My pleasure, thank you.

So we are here to talk about your new novel, Manhattan Beach, which is just out now.

Do you think of this book as a departure?

I don't really.

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