Jennifer Egan
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
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2010
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Manhattan Beach
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2017
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The Candy House
52 editions
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2022
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The Keep
60 editions
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2006
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Look at Me
55 editions
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2001
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The Invisible Circus
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1994
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Emerald City
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1993
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The best American short stories 2014
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2014
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Black Box
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2012
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Thank you so much, Cordula!!! LOOK AT ME is my "favorite child," so this praise is especially meaningful. I think there was a certain prescience in that book, though in a way it's not surprising--I'm responding imaginatively to the same forces that e
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Hi Pete! Yes, I went to University for one year before transferring to Lowell, from which I graduated. Thanks and all best, Jenny
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“I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
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