A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story

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  • A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering a Ego  

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story (Hardcover)
    Do not get me wrong, I enjoyed his book. I think growing up in suburban Chicago, going to the University of Illinois, and being the same age really helped me to identify with his voice. I did not know him, nor do I think I would like to, but reading
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  • You can judge a book by its title  

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story (Hardcover)
    "A": A book. To begin with. Just a book. We'll get over it. A memoir (The author's parents died within 5 months of eachother, of cancer). About how the author - Dave - had to raise his nine year old brother Toph (short for Christopher, pronounce
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  • Heartbreakingly Clever, Genius of Marketing  

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story (Hardcover)
    Eggers is definitely a very talented writer. I enjoyed the book up to the point where Eggers Decides to hit me over the head a dozen times with the same thing. Repetition maybe a motif of the X-generation, but it does not have to be demostrated so li
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  • Get it in paperback .....  

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story (Hardcover)
    Oh dear. This is a definite case of too much hype and not enough substance. While Eggers comes accross as affable enough, he's so arch and annoyingly too egocentric, too aware of his youth and (so-called) Beauty and indomitability to be a likeable he
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  • Ingenius Work with Staggering Dumb Ending  

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story (Hardcover)
    If ever I come across a book That defies convention, my curiosity gets the better of me and I have to read it. The problem with this tendency Is that it leads me to Refer A lot of bad books did I refuse to finish. Not this time. Dave Eggers' debut me
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  • Starts off strong, then loose steam  

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story (Hardcover)
    Reading this book, I felt like a teacher who Receives An Essay from a student who is obviously very gifted and intelligent, but still has to give him or her a "C" because They did not follow the assignment well. Eggers is obviously a very good w
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  • Thanks for sharing, Dave  

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story (Hardcover)
    Dave Eggers breaks a lot of rules in this mostly wonderful book. From the inside front cover flap ("Removed from Chapter 5") through the hysterical transcript of his MTV "Real World" audition, to the Joycean stream-of-consciousness end
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  • A tour de force from a Gifted Young Writer  

    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story (Hardcover)
    In "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" David Eggers exudes the confidence and free-spirit typical of a twenty-something, while at the sametime conveying the sharp analytical insights and life-Discoveries That are more likely to be impart
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