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Aug 06, 2017ArapahoeBethW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It's interesting when a book makes you laugh, breaks your heart, but also invokes the classic face-palm because, at points, you are so exasperated with the author. A young Eggers loses both his parents in the span of a month. Dang... Barely an adult himself, he ends up raising his 8 year old brother, Toph. Eggers takes you through his story like you are part of his cast, a life long old pal. In a bizarre way this makes so much sense. I worked with Eggers years ago on his Denver stop for the What Is the What tour, he invited everyone there out for a beer afterwards. Everyone. He instantly makes you his friend. In A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, you are his friend, his classmate, his co-worker, through every struggle, neurotic thought, and narcissistic behavior. Does this make him a genius? Yeah, ok, it probably does... but please don't tell him that :).