![]() ![]() ![]() The novel, set between 19 mostly in and around Brooklyn, is a unique fusion of literary-toned gangster noir, historical set piece and coming-of-age tale, complete with shifting points of view.Īnna Kerrigan, 11 when the book opens, is the kind of quiet rebel, or benign subversive, who appears to be ordinary and uncomplicated while following her own hidden agenda. That “he never saw it coming” organized crime trope drives the plot of Jennifer Egan’s “Manhattan Beach,” but don’t expect a gangland saga. A character goes from thinking he has a secure foothold in the gangster world to sleeping with the fishes. ![]()
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