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Feb 13, 2001 | ISBN 9780375725784 Buy
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Feb 13, 2001 | ISBN 9780375725784
“This is a beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book.” —San Francisco ChronicleNational Bestseller Pulitzer Prize FinalistA 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.
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DAVE EGGERS is the author of twelve books, including The Monk of Mokha; The Circle; Heroes of the Frontier; A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award; and What Is the What, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle… More about Dave Eggers
ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER
Pulitzer Prize FINALIST
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