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[[A Visit From the Goon Squad]] is a bestselling 2010 novel by Jennifer Egan, about an aging former punk-rock star named Bennie and his kleptomaniac assistant, Sasha. Each chapter is told from a different viewpoint, revealing the past and future of Bennie and Sasha as well as the various people in their lives, nearly all of whom work in the music industry. 


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* [[Anachronic Order]]: The narrative of the novel is completely scattered, and the chapters jump around in time. 
* [[Ate His Gun]]: {{spoiler|Rolf.}}
* [[Bungled Suicide]]: Bosco wants to kill himself on his Suicide Tour, {{spoiler|but ends up surviving and running a dairy farm.}}
* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Sasha.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Nearly every male character lusts after Sasha at some point.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Almost everybody, in the later chapters. 
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Bennie. 
* [[Painting the Medium]]: One chapter is presented as a Power Point, another as a footnote-ridden article in a magazine. 
* [[Sticky Fingers]]: Sasha is a kleptomaniac.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Rolf, and the girl who narrates the Power Point chapter.

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