The Candy House

'A complex, compelling read that showcases Egan's masterful storytelling' * Time * 'Fans of A Visit from the Goon Squad will not want to miss this new novel' * jNews * 'A thrilling, endlessly stimulating work that demands to be read and reread' * Kirkus Reviews * 'Egan returns to the fertile territory and characters of A Visit from the Goon Squad with an electrifying and shape-shifting story that one-ups its Pulitzer-winning predecessor' * Publishers Weekly * 'A forceful, wonderfully fragmented novel of a terrifyingly possible future, as intellectually rigorous as it is formally impressive, and yet another monumental work from Egan' * Library Journal * 'Playfully twists various narratives into a series of compelling interconnected vignettes, featuring many of the same characters from her award-laden 2010 novel. Ever the consummate storyteller and with a deft and powerful sense of characterisation, Egan is sure to have struck gold once more' * Harper's Bazaar * 'A fast-paced polyvoiced romp through America in the grip of a sinister tech that allows others into your mind. EEK! Includes a dazzling novella Egan wrote' -- Margaret Atwood, via Twitter 'Egan is skilful, even masterful, at writing in a variety of styles and formats to suit each character's voice, making the book that much more real and that much more affecting' * Bloomburg Businessweek * Impressive * A Life in Books * A dazzling feat of literary construction that belies the profound questions at its core: Does technology aid our sense of narrative or obscure it? * Vogue * You don't have to read A Visit From the Goon Squad to love this sibling novel to Egan's stellar hit...complex and intimate * Good Housekeeping * Inventive, effervescent...Egan plaits multiple narratives and techniques to underscore the manifold ways our own desires betray us in a brave new coded world * Oprah Daily * Very funny, penetrating, and impactful * Glamour * Tech guru Bix Bouton creates 'Own Your Unconscious,' a technology that allows users to access and share every memory they've ever had. It's a concept so killer, it's hard to believe such technology doesn't already exist * USA Today * [The Candy House] does what only the best and rarest books can: peel back the thin membrane of ordinary life, and find transcendence on the other side * Entertainment Weekly * Haunting and often hilarious...a wondrous, riotously inventive work of speculative fiction * Booklist, STARRED review * 'Humming with a sustained brio, The Candy House is especially rewarding on a micro level. Even post-BLM, Egan felt free to write from the perspective of a black character, as she should feel free, and she's apt to get away with it, too. The chapter narrated by an autistic character is convincing. Egan is particularly good at evoking the insecure teenage girl. The writing is stylish: "a man of so few words that the occasional word he did utter had the cleaving finality of an ax splitting a log". The novel is spirited, playful, sometimes incisive. So who cares if I can't remember anyone's name' * Financial Times * 'Intellectually dazzling and extraordinarily moving . . . Egan's writing - as always - is flawless, offering plenty to think about' * The Book-It-List * A staggering story in concept and thrilling in delivery * Sainsbury's Magazine * A Time Magazine Must-Read It may be the smartest novel you've read all year * LOVEBYLIFE * Mind-bogglingly clever * The Telegraph * Playful... By means probably even they cannot explain, novelists loot the experiences of others and distribute them equably with no reference to fancy uploading machines. And no one writing now does it more generously than Egan. I hope she wins another Pulitzer. * The Times * The Candy House is just as compelling as its predecessor... some brilliantly execu

Jennifer Egan is the author of A Visit From The Goon Squad, The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus, and the story collection Emerald City. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, and Ploughshares, and her non-fiction appears frequently in The New York Times Magazine. She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn.