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A heartbreaking work of staggering genius

From Wikipedia: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (ISBN 0-330-48455-9) 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". Critics praised the book for its wild, vibrant prose, and it was described as "big, daring [and] manic-depressive" by The New York Times. The book was chosen as the 12th best book of the decade by The Times

Editions · 5

Paperback
2001 · Vintage Books
484 pp · EN
9780375725784
Paperback
2001 · Pan MacMillan
400 pp · EN
9780330484558
Paperback
2010 · Howes Limited, W. F.
EN
9781407457307
Paperback
2013 · Simon & Schuster
416 pp · EN
9781476737546
Audiobook
2015 · Recorded Books on Brilliance Audio
153 pp · EN
9781501259340

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