A book talk and signing with Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winner for A Visit from the Goon Squad. is part of the Darien Community Association’s holidays fundraiser on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

Egan’s latest novel, Manhattan Beach, is 2018’s One Book, One New York winner, praised as “Egan’s most remarkable accomplishment yet … a magnificent achievement” (The Boston Globe) and “Immensely satisfying … Egan works a formidable kind of magic …” (The New York Times).

— an announcement from the Darien Community Association

Manhattan Beach is a haunting and propulsive World War II-era novel which tells the intertwined stories of Anna Kerrigan, a Brooklyn Navy Yard diver, her father Eddie Kerrigan, a longshoreman turned small-time gangster, and Dexter Styles, Eddie’s inscrutable and connected boss.

It contains all the hallmarks of a Jennifer Egan novel: stellar writing, shifting and slippery identities, characters longing for escape, and an intrepid, unforgettable female protagonist.

Join us to support the nonprofit mission of the DCA in our historic Meadowlands mansion, decorated for the holidays. This event is held in conjunction with Barrett Bookstore.

Signed copies of A Visit from the Goon Squad as well as signed hardcover copies of Manhattan Beach will also be available for purchase – perfect for holiday gift-giving. Jennifer will personalize any of her books as well.

If You’re Going …

• The event starts at 7:30 p.m., with a reception at 6:45 p.m., and is expected to last until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.
• This event is $60 for DCA members or $85 public.
• Ticket price Includes a signed paperback book and a glass of wine. Prepayment is required by Friday, Nov. 30.
• Register online or contact the DCA at info@dariendca.org or 203-655-9050 extension 10.
• The event takes place at DCA’s Meadowlands, 274 Middlesex Road, Darien.