Review of 'A Heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I read this several years ago now. All I can remember at this point is I really enjoyed it and thought at the time "dang he really is kinda living up to the title"
Paperback, 543 pages
French language
Published March 28, 2001 by Balland.
From Wikipedia: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (ISBN 0-330-48455-9) is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents.
The book was an enormous commercial and critical success, reaching number one on The New York Times bestseller list and being nominated as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. Time magazine and several newspapers dubbed it "The Best Book of the Year". Critics praised the book for its wild, vibrant prose, and it was described as "big, daring [and] manic-depressive" by The New York Times. The book was chosen as the 12th best book of the decade by The Times
I read this several years ago now. All I can remember at this point is I really enjoyed it and thought at the time "dang he really is kinda living up to the title"
Uh, no. It's not.