Takes us into a world populated by gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers, and union men in a dazzling, propulsive exploration of a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men, of America and the world. ), 'Egan's first foray into historical fiction makes you forget you're reading historical fiction at all' ( 'A magnificent achievement, at once a suspenseful noir intrigue and a transporting work of lyrical beauty and emotional heft' ( One evening at a nightclub, she meets Dexter Styles again, and begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have vanished. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. Jennifer Egans Manhattan Beach (Scribner, 28.00) is one of the rare literary books (literary being defined as well-constructed, pretty sentences) that is. Years before that book came out, Egan had begun researching the 1930s and 40s in New. The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.Īnna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Harry Harris/AP In 2011, Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, A Visit From The Goon Squad. Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction

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