A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by By Eggers, Dave
Category: Biography & Autobiography , Literary Figures

"This is a beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book." —San Francisco ChronicleNational Bestseller Pulitzer Prize FinalistA book that redefines both family and narrative   for the twenty-first century. 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.  Here is an 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. A Heartbreaking Work of   Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read for decades   to come.