This is the beginning of a business relationship which will last until Eddie disappears, having made sure his family are looked after. One day, Eddie takes Anna to Manhattan Beach where they meet Dexter Styles and his family. Eddie steers a careful course, wary of risk but needing to support the wife he adores and their severely disabled daughter a little younger than Anna. The stock market crash has driven him to the fringes of gangsterism, working as a bagman for the childhood friend he saved from drowning. Beginning in the Great Depression, it tells the story of Anna Kerrigan, who has learned to fend for herself after the disappearance of her father, and Dexter Styles who may be able to tell her what has happened to him.Īnna adores Eddie who takes his bright young daughter with him to business meetings. Manhattan Beach is very different, not least because it’s Egan’s first historical novel. It’s been seven years since the excellent A Visit from the Goon Squad which bagged both the Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle Award. There will be lots of fans standing ready for this one, I’m sure.
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