A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
By Dave EggersThis is a beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book. --San Francisco Chronicle National Bestseller
Pulitzer Prize Finalist A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read for decades to come.
Book details
- Paperback
- 496 pages
- English
- 0684863472
- 9780684863474
About Dave Eggers
dave eggers is the author of ten books, including most recently your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever?, the circle and a hol Read More about Dave Eggers
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