The Candy House
A kaleidoscopic novel set in the near future where a technology allows people to upload and access memories, told through interconnected voices that revisit characters from A Visit from the Goon Squad.
What you might want to know about The Candy House
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Tech founder Bix Bouton invents a service called Own Your Unconscious that lets people upload their memories. Across linked chapters, the novel walks through a cast of artists, spies, and ex-friends touched by the technology.
Yes. The Candy House (2022) is Jennifer Egan's follow-up to A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010). It revisits and expands on characters from the earlier novel and uses similar interconnected-stories structure. Both stand on their own.
Reading A Visit from the Goon Squad first deepens many of the references in The Candy House, but Jennifer Egan structures both books to be readable as standalones.
The Candy House is 57 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Candy House takes most readers under an hour to finish.
The Candy House is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
The Candy House is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
