"The writing itself always remains instinctive, but there is a strong analytical counterpart, when I figure out what I'm doing in terms of plot, characters, thematic underpinnings, and then scheme about how I can do it better. I save every draft until a book is done; a towering pile of paper that I eventually, joyfully, recycle."
Amazon.com: The Keep: Books: Jennifer Egan 10 sec intrvw

what she says about the book doesn't make it more int to me. I guess mainly what I liked was funny Danny who needs *needs* that connection to elsewhere through the phone lines.