The Goon Catching Up: Nostalgia and Music in A Visit from the Goon Squad
Summary
This essay researches nostalgia and identity in Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad. Egan’s characters grown-up lives are heavily influenced by the 80s in America, the music they listened to and the people they met in those years. Their identities as adults are formed by punk music and nostalgic feelings to their teenage years. It shows that there are strong interrelationships between music, identity and nostalgia.