Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Behind the Mic With Kirkus Reviews
Episode: THE CANDY HOUSE by Jennifer Egan, read by a Full Cast
Description: The performance of Jennifer Egan’s new novel is exceptional. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile contributor Alan Minskoff discuss this unusual and absorbing audiobook full of interwoven stories. Michael Boatman narrates the opening chapter, capturing the interior life of the enigmatic Bix Boughton who invents a world-altering technology central to the plot. The time-traveling chapters reprise some of the characters from Egan’s award-winning A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD, but this novel has a wider timeframe, a greater trajectory, and a more complex plot.Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio...