"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.

Author: Dave Eggers
Publisher: Vintage
Pages: 437pp
Size: 5.25 x 8 x 1
Notes: paperback
Release Date: February 13, 2001
ISBN: 978-0375725784