A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

The literary sensation of the year, 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 in paperback for decades to come. The Vintage edition includes a new appendix by the author. more

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1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-16-2009; Verbal Diarrhea; "[...] brevity is the soul of wit"Actual dialogue (page 64):"Are you bored?""Yeah," he says."Why?""Because you're just lying there.""Well, I'm tired.""Well, I'm bored.""Why don't you go down and build a sandcastle?""Where?""Down there,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-26-2009; Book Discussion; We used it for a book discussion, my sons and I, we all read it from a different perspective, siblings, students, caretaker, young men starting their careers. We all enjoyed it. Funny, sad, thought provoking.; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-31-2009; Terribly dissapointing, couldn't read past the first 50 pages; I started the book expecting a lot. Instead it reads like a very unedited diary of a boring, self-indulgent person. I don't see the hype, this book should have gone through a ton of editing and should have lost the "notes for a novel,"...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-15-2009; Trite, Self-Absorbed, "Posh" Writing; Dave Eggers has become the champion of hip writers today, and not without reason: he is a remarkable stylist. Sadly, that is all he is. His ironic, self-deprecating humor is completely transparent for what it really is: self-obsession....; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-26-2009; Book Discussion; We used it for a book discussion, my sons and I, we all read it from a different perspective, siblings, students, caretaker, young men starting their careers. We all enjoyed it. Funny, sad, thought provoking.; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-23-2008; Emotionally evocative, but wordy; I bought this book because of all the rave reviews from critics and the because it was a Pulitzer finalist. I read the first one-third of the story and really enjoyed his candid writing style. I am from the Bay Area and too lost my...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-16-2009; Verbal Diarrhea; "[...] brevity is the soul of wit"Actual dialogue (page 64):"Are you bored?""Yeah," he says."Why?""Because you're just lying there.""Well, I'm tired.""Well, I'm bored.""Why don't you go down and build a sandcastle?""Where?""Down there,...; read full review | report as inappropriate