Longlisted for a National Book Award prior to publication, Manhattan Beach opens on the eponymously named beach where Eddie Kerrigan, struggling to provide for his family during The Great Depression, has asked his oldest daughter to join him for a meeting with local businessman, Dexter Styles. Egan has successfully made her way through various genres – gothic ( The Keep), thriller ( Look at Me), postmodern ( A Visit from the Goon Squad) – arriving most recently at historical fiction with her novel Manhattan Beach. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for A Visit from the Goon Squad (2011), Egan has written five vastly different novels, a short story collection, and ‘Black Box,’ a short story released in its entirety via Twitter. Jennifer Egan is an author playing the long game.
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