"Found Objects” was originally published in The New Yorker in 2007, but it appears as the first chapter of Egan’s 2010 novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad. I read the novel over the summer and was intrigued by its structure. It’s 13 chapters, revolving around a number of troubled characters whose paths intersect in interesting ways throughout the novel. It jumps forward in time, and also reaches back to the sixties, as each chapter takes up the perspective of a different character at various points in their lives. It’s an excellent display of Egan’s mastery of characterization, and it earned her a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011.”

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Regardless of the form, Egan's lively, incisive prose is a common element. Her books are impossible to put down and as delightful to read as talking to a cherished friend, yet they show a complexity that makes them insightful, rich and honest."

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"SANDRA PAUSES for the slightest second, her heart in her throat, before she catches her breath and steps on the mat that triggers open the doors to Wal-Mart. Stores make her nervous these days, and she tries her best to stay out of them."

"Makes me anxious," she says, voice quavering."

"And then she plunges in, the doors whooshing shut behind her like the ocean closing around a drowning woman. Everywhere she looks there are things--shiny, glittery, sparkling, new. Sandra pulls a cart from the rack and begins to wade deeper into the store. Almost imperceptibly she casts a glance at the ceiling, taking silent measure of the smoky plastic security bubbles."

"She steers the cart toward the aisles without them and stops a moment, long enough to run her fingers across the vivid silky petals of the artificial flowers on display. And then she moves on to another aisle, the one with barrettes. Some are encrusted with bright faux jewels, others are made of sleek tortoiseshell. There are barrettes in every color imaginable, a virtual rainbow of possibilities for matching any outfit. She is enthralled.”

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March 20 2011,The Sunday Times

By Deborah Treisman, May 25, 2012, http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/this-week-in-fiction-jennifer-egan