The Candy House (novel)

The Candy House is a novel written by Jennifer Egan and published by Scribner's with a U.S. release date of April 5, 2022.[1][2][3][4][5]

2022 book jacket

Background and context

This novel is a sequel to Egan's 2010 novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad. Many of the characters from A Visit from the Goon Squad return with an update to their stories, including having had children.[1][3][5]

Reception

Dwight Garner of The New York Times writes:[1]

Egan has a zonking sense of control; she knows where she’s going and the polyphonic effects she wants to achieve, and she achieves them, as if she were writing on a type of MacBook that won’t exist for another decade. “The Candy House” and “Goon Squad” are touchstone New York City and technology...novels of our time; they’ll be printed in one volume someday, I suspect, by the Library of America.

Kirkus Reviews says:[5]

As she did in Goon Squad’s PowerPoint chapter, Egan doles out information in small bites that accumulate to demonstrate the novel’s time-honored strengths: richly complicated characters and compelling narratives...[and the novel is a] thrilling, endlessly stimulating work that demands to be read and reread.

References
  1. Garner, Dwight (29 March 2022). "In Jennifer Egan's New Novel, Our Memories Are Available for All to See". The New York Times.
  2. "Why Jennifer Egan Created a Future Without Privacy in 'The Candy House'". Time magazine. March 30, 2022.
  3. "The Candy House" book review. Washington Post. March 29, 2022.
  4. "'The Candy House' Review: A Brilliant Tale Exploring the Human Side of Technology | Arts | the Harvard Crimson".
  5. ""The Candy House" book review | Kirkus Reviews".
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