"A Visit from the Goon Squad" is a novel written by Jennifer Egan, first published in 2010. The novel explores the lives of a diverse cast of characters in New York City, spanning several decades, and is structured in an unconventional manner, with each chapter focusing on a different character. The book was well-received by critics and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011. It is a New York Times Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. The novel explores themes of time, memory, and the intersection of different worlds and classes in contemporary society. The story is about a group of people who are all related to each other in one way or another, and how their lives intersect over time.