A Visit From the Goon Squad Wins the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad has been awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In their citation, the judges called the novel “an inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.”

Click here to read an excerpt from the book, and click here to download the reading group guide. Plus, click here to read an exclusive essay about how Goon Squad first came to be.

Congratulations to Jennifer Egan, and to all of this year’s winners!