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ISBN: 0676973655

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

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"This 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. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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Customer Reviews

16 customer ratings | 4 reviews

Rated 5 stars
Perhaps the funniest book I have ever encountered!

This novel is at times remarkably heartbreaking and amazingly entertaining. Along with 'Catch 22', this is undoubtedly one of the most humourous pieces I am have read, and certainly one of 2000's finest reads for me.I can see how some would argue that Eggers loses some of the genius in his own attempts to be funny, and the contrived nature of the piece, but I believe it's humourous value far outways the self absorbed nature...

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Rated 5 stars
Good Enough To Warrant A Backlash

Clearly this book isn't for everyone. It's incredibly self-reflexive. It's more than willing to employ a device while simultaneously satirizing it. Eggers, as described in his own words, is rarely likeable, noble, humble, or charming. Instead, he's self-indulgent, arrogant, and so full of neurosis that Woody Allen looks calm and confident in comparison.And while these factors will elicit cries of how overrated the work...

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Rated 5 stars
An accurate and disturbing desciption of life in Lake Forest

First a little background. When my husband and I had only lived in Lake Forest a couple of years, I heard about the deaths, within a month or so, of the parents of a young boy in the neighborhood. Both died of cancer and the boy was the only one left at home. He had 3 older siblings that were all out of high school and either away at college or ensconced in careers. I didn't know the family at all, but I was devastated...

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Rated 5 stars
Pace yourself...you'll be sorry when it's over!

I can't express how much I love this book. The acknowledgements alone were enough to win me over. As much as I hate the cliche I'm about to use, Dave Eggers is wise WAY beyond his years. He mixes the most tragic emotional events with a perfect punch of sarcasm and self deprecation. Overall, the book is impossible to do justice to with a measly "review". So I realize perhaps I'm not being helpful. Sorry. But here...

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