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Dave Egger's parents died from cancer within a month of each other when he was 21 and his brother, Christopher, was seven. They left the Chicago suburb where they had grown up and moved to San Francisco. This book tells the story of their life together.

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2009, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780330456715

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2001, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780375725784

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2001, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780676973655

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2001, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780330484558

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2001, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781417632244

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2000, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780684863474

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2000, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780330484541

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2000, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781568959092

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

2000, Paperback

ISBN-13:

9780330484640

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9781440764172

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aisling

Feb 1, 2011

A Work of Heartbreaking Self-Indulgence

(I?m sure other reviewers out there have come up with much more cleverly insulting re-workings of the title, which lends itself to cleverly insulting re-workings, but I just don?t have their flair.)

I hated this book so much I wished it was sentient so I could do it physical harm. This would have been an acceptable substitute for doing Dave Eggars physical harm.

I wish I could give it zero--or negative--stars. But I guess 1 will have to suffice.

I just don't understand how a book with this basic plot--a young man who loses his parents and must care for his young brother--can be so nauseatingly awful. This is truly Eggars' greatest achievement.

I came away from [what I read of] the book with the unshakable feeling that Eggars only did about 99% of what he wrote about having done so that he could write about having done it and have it be true, so he could say it was true.

I think what got me the most, besides the mind-numbing descriptions of Eggars' magazine "work," was his painfully affected attitude of cluelessness about parenting. No matter how little experience you have, I'm pretty sure you could figure out that calling your pre-teen brother a "retard" and using frequent, R-rated swears aren't good tactics. Probably your mom impressed that upon you before she died.

All I have left to say of this book and Eggars' "talent" is, thank God your parents are dead so they were spared the embarrassment of sharing your last name, and I understand why your sister committed suicide.

Ellyb

Mar 17, 2008

A classic.

This memoir sings. I really cannot say enough wonderful things about it. It is angry, and hopeful, and joyful, and hilarious, and touching, and wonderfully alive. I pretty much couldn't put it down. Who cares abut writerly skill and pacing and characterization, even if all these elements are solid and well deserving of the critical acclaim it has received? This book is about a gut response, not an intellectual one. Go read it.

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