![]() Prepare to plunge feet-first into 1930s Brooklyn, as you meet 11-year-old Anna Kerrigan, who accompanies her father, Eddie, on a clandestine trip to the Manhattan Beach home of Dexter Styles, a powerful man with underworld connections only partially obfuscated by the wealthy family into which he married. Manhattan Beach fully embraces and delivers a sweeping narrative, rich in historical detail, and brimming with finely drawn characters, whose struggles feel as intimately a part of you as your own. So perhaps the most surprising aspect of Egan’s latest is how resolutely classic a novel it is. After all, Egan’s bestseller, A Visit from the Goon Squad, had an entire chapter written in PowerPoint. ![]() ![]() ![]() As any fan of Jennifer Egan knows, the only thing to expect from her work is the unexpected. ![]()
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