A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers
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Pages:
496
Published:
29 Sept 2026
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Imprint
Picador
ISBN:
9781035060276
An instant contemporary classicA finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionA number one New York Times BestsellerA stunning memoir chronicling profound grief and comic absurdity'Heartbreaking? Certainly. Staggering? Yes, I'd say so. And if genius is capturing the universal in a fresh and memorable way, call it that too' - The Sunday TimesDave Egger's parents died from cancer within a month of each other when he was twenty-one and his brother, Christopher, was seven. They left the Chicago suburb where they had grown up and moved to San Francisco. Hilarious and deeply heartfelt, this is the story of their life together.
'Virtuosic' - The New York Times'Prodigious' - The Irish Times'Shocking' - The London Review of Books'Moving' - The Washington PostPart of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
'Virtuosic' - The New York Times'Prodigious' - The Irish Times'Shocking' - The London Review of Books'Moving' - The Washington PostPart of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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