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A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD JENNIFER EGAN 2010

Egan’s mold-breaking structure, which switches between different characters with each chapter, has become a favorite trick of modern novelists—but the book also captures something timeless: how aging can wreak havoc on connection.

MY BRILLIANT FRIEND ELENA FERRANTE 2011

Two girls bond when one of them drops the other’s beloved doll down a shaft, the other follows suit and they try to retrieve them. So begins

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