Introduction
Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, presents readers with a number of challenges. The same characters do not appear in every story, the order in which the stories are presented is not chronological, allusions and connections to other stories in the novel often remain unclear for a large number of pages, and the sheer number of characters and events makes the task of keeping them straight a daunting one. This storyboard website will help to disentangle the novel by reconstructing the arcs of the characters in chronological order.
The characters for which I have assembled timelines are:
Alex
Bennie Salazar
Bosco (Conduits Guitarist)
Dolly/La Doll
Drew Blake
Jules
Kitty Jackson
Lou Kline
Lulu
Rob Freeman
Sasha
Scotty Hausmann
As I was reading A Visit from the Goon Squad, I identified these characters as having the largest or most important arcs to the overall story of the novel. Where possible, I have included the age of the character during which the events specified occurred. Each entry includes the story/chapter and page number on which it occurs. Entries with an arrow > serve to clarify or explain the larger event with which they are associated. (Note: The page numbers I use correspond to the hardcover edition of the novel.)
For more on how I figured this stuff out and kept it straight, go to the logistics page. If you're so inclined, follow me on Twitter @TylerJPetty or read
The characters for which I have assembled timelines are:
Alex
Bennie Salazar
Bosco (Conduits Guitarist)
Dolly/La Doll
Drew Blake
Jules
Kitty Jackson
Lou Kline
Lulu
Rob Freeman
Sasha
Scotty Hausmann
As I was reading A Visit from the Goon Squad, I identified these characters as having the largest or most important arcs to the overall story of the novel. Where possible, I have included the age of the character during which the events specified occurred. Each entry includes the story/chapter and page number on which it occurs. Entries with an arrow > serve to clarify or explain the larger event with which they are associated. (Note: The page numbers I use correspond to the hardcover edition of the novel.)
For more on how I figured this stuff out and kept it straight, go to the logistics page. If you're so inclined, follow me on Twitter @TylerJPetty or read