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A Visit From A Goon Squad Analysis
Life is like a chess game, and it is playing with people, moving them on a board; getting them to know each other in ridiculous or strange circumstances. And, time is a main player in this game, playing against us. It is not waiting for anyone, once it's gone, it's gone forever. Jennifer Egan’s book “A Visit from a Goon Squad” is filled with a music and rock 'n' roll from the first to the last page. There is the canvas, which is stretching for more than forty years. It shows how people change from the rock parties over the years, and how their priorities are changed too. Of course, as time goes forward, there is somebody who keeps up with it, and someone who is stuck in one continuum.

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