description: The author chronicles his life after the deaths of his parents, when he was responsible for the care and upbringing of his eight-year-old brother, and offers a new appendix clarifying, amending, and expanding the original work.
language: English
title: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
titlecomplete: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
genres: Fiction, American, Humor, Literature, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Biography Memoir, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 179618
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Borders Original Voices Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Memoir
publisher: Demco Media