A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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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 by Dave Eggers
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.
Dave Eggers is the founder of McSweeney’s, a quarterly journal and website (www.mcsweeneys.net), and his books include You Shall Know Our Velocity, How We Are Hungry, Short Short Stories, What is the What, and the bestselling A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and Ocean Navigator. He is the recipient of the Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a 2001 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Northern California.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780330484558 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330484559 |
| Title | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius |
| Author | Dave Eggers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2001-02-09 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2000 (UK), Short-listed for Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction 2001 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |