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Jennifer Egan's two linked novels, mapped by who knows whom and who turns up where. Click any character, chapter, or line to follow a thread.
Every chapter of both books, and who is in it. Click a chapter number to see its cast, or a name to open that character. "Mentioned" marks people who are recalled or discussed but don't act in the scene. Brief walk-ons and passing mentions may be incomplete.
All chapters sorted by approximate story year. Both books jump around in time; this shows how they interleave. A thin bar marks a chapter that reaches across decades through memory or flash-forwards. Years are estimates.
Characters who cross from the 2010 novel into the 2022 one, and how they changed on the way.
The technology, roles, and coinages that drive The Candy House, plus the near-future inventions in Goon Squad that foreshadow them. Chapter and name tags open that page of the map.