NATIONAL BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - A "A beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book" (San Francisco Chronicle) that redefines both family and narrative. - From the bestselling author of The Circle.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. This exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together.

Item # 3607313

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN: 9780375725784

Binding: Paperback

Author: Eggers, Dave

Audience Type: Adults

Published On: 02-13-2001

Pages: 498

Weight: 0.70 pounds

Dimensions: 8.00 x 5.10 x 1.00 inches