A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
by EGGERS, Dave
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684863472
- ISBN 13
- 9780684863474
- Seller
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Signed on the title page by Dave Eggers, dated 2/28/00 and inscribed To Barbara: OK now. Yes. Yes. D.E. First edition / First printing. Mauve paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Selected as one of the 10 best books of 2000 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Synopsis
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 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.
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- Bookseller
- Orpheus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17736
- Title
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
- Author
- EGGERS, Dave
- Format/Binding
- Mauve paper spine, gray paper-covered boards.
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition / First printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684863472
- ISBN 13
- 9780684863474
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 2000.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoir;
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