A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Eggers, Dave
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0330484540
- ISBN 13
- 9780330484541
- Seller
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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
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10641
- Title
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Author
- Eggers, Dave
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0330484540
- ISBN 13
- 9780330484541
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- BZDB137 dave eggers, memoir, humorous Biography & Autobiography; ,; 0; 1; United States; 2000s; Humour. Unbranded ISBN: 0330484540 EAN: 9780330484541 Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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