![]() This movement offers clear depictions of the way in which people, places, and cultures change over time. Structurally, the stories move back and forth through time. The novel’s exploration of time and memory occurs in the overarching structure of the novel, and also within the individual stories. Utilizing the word “goon” illuminates Egan’s understanding of time as an unforgiving force that shapes the novel’s characters in various, and often unpleasant, ways. Bosco, the former guitarist of The Conduits, who has become fat, alcoholic, and suicidal, states, “Time’s a goon, right?” Traditionally, a goon was an individual who inflicts fear and violence on others to achieve a desired end. ![]() ![]() The novel’s title even speaks directly to the theme of time. A Visit from the Goon Squad serves as an in depth exploration of the passage of time, the effects of aging on individual lives, and the longing for the past through memory. ![]()
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