{"id":43907,"date":"2018-05-23T11:12:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T15:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=43907"},"modified":"2019-01-10T19:40:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T00:40:49","slug":"manhattan-beach-jennifer-egan-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/manhattan-beach-jennifer-egan-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43325\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Manhattan-Beach-Jennifer-Egan-BookDragon-531x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Manhattan-Beach-Jennifer-Egan-BookDragon-531x800.jpg 531w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Manhattan-Beach-Jennifer-Egan-BookDragon.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/>An 11-year-old&#8217;s daring 1934 dip at Brooklyn&#8217;s Manhattan Beach introduces the tautly twisted threads of <a href=\"http:\/\/jenniferegan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jennifer Egan<\/a>\u2019s first novel since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulitzer.org\/winners\/jennifer-egan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2011&#8217;s Pulitzer Prize<\/a>-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad-by-jennifer-egan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Visit from the Goon Squad<\/em><\/a>. This tripart historical hybrid \u2013 part family saga, part noirish mystery, part testimony to women&#8217;s war-fueled empowerment \u2013 features Heather Lind as adventurous tween Anna Kerrigan; Norbert Leo Butz as Anna&#8217;s father, Eddie; and Vincent Piazza as Eddie&#8217;s boss Dexter Styles. Lind seamlessly matures into bold, independent Anna who becomes the Brooklyn Navy Yard&#8217;s first female scuba diver. Butz voices Eddie, initially a yes-man to Styles, who disappears from his family but not from the narrative; Butz exhibits the greatest range, showcasing his facility with accents to create additional global characters. Piazza, too, convincingly embodies a roster of lesser characters in addition to Styles, who is both socialite and gangster.<\/p>\n<p>Aural direction takes a less-than-effective turn when dialogue between major characters is obviously spliced together \u2013 for example, in an especially intimate scene, Anna and Dexter sound more like they&#8217;re conversing from separate tunnels than in the same space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: Despite occasional production glitches, the separate strengths of the narrating trio make this <em>Beach <\/em>a worthwhile destination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookverdict.com\/details.xqy?uri=Product2018-05-15-6214648.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Audio,&#8221; <em>Library Journal<\/em>, May 15, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 11-year-old&#8217;s daring 1934 dip at Brooklyn&#8217;s Manhattan Beach introduces the tautly twisted threads of Jennifer Egan\u2019s first novel since 2011&#8217;s Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad. 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