![]() He’s old, trying to restore vitality by eating gold flakes. It is unusual to have a character introduced in the first chapter, then only see fleeting glimpses of them, but hey, I’ll roll with it for now…Ĭhapter Two introduces Bennie, Sasha’s boss. Sasha then disappears into the background for the rest of the book. She also has a bath in the kitchen of her apartment (that’s odd to me). The first chapter is straightforward enough, telling the story of Sasha, who is a compulsive kleptomaniac. ![]() While the book is innovative, telling each story in a variety of styles (hello, chapter told entirely in PowerPoint), it just didn’t really work well enough for me. This book has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. When the Goodreads Book Club announced it as their original book, I thought I would take part and see what the hype was about. ![]() If you liked this, try: I’m really not sure…this is not my kind of book.Ī Visit from the Goon Squad seems to be appearing everywhere at the moment. Why I read it: Part of the Goodreads Book Club ![]() In a nutshell… It’s a book of short stories connected loosely by characters, told in a variety of styles. ![]()
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