Jennifer Egan on "A Visit from the Goon Squad"

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Experimental novels didn't start with James Joyce, or even Cervantes. They go back to the beginning of civilization. Jennifer Egan's new novel is called "A Visit from the Goon Squad," and it's received the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2011 Pulitzer Prize. Jennifer Egan tells Steve Paulson all about her polyphonic narrative.