Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel `` A Visit from the Goon Squad '' in which a young woman is raped by two men who are part of an organized crime syndicate. Egan 's inspiration for `` Goon Squad '' : She saw a wallet lying exposed in a woman 's bag . The author works in a very low-tech fashion .
Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel `` A Visit from the Goon Squad '' Egan also just landed a spot on Time 's 100 most influential list . Egan 's inspiration for `` Goon Squad '' : She saw a wallet lying exposed in a woman 's bag . The author works in a very low-tech fashion .