The Candy House

Jennifer Egan Corsair £20 Bix invents a way of uploading people’s memories. Chris catalogues movie tropes. Alfred begins a project of public screaming to provoke ‘authentic’ responses. This ‘sibling novel’ to A Visit From The Goon Squad is set in the same world, with many of its characters. Egan is one of the few names that, when linked with the expression ‘novel of ideas’, makes the heart sing rather than sink.