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What Was 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius?' February 28, 2025
I’ve got to start with the blurbs. When, 25 years ago this month, I first picked up a copy of Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, I immediately noticed that the back jacket sported the greatest collection of promotional quotes ev...
Shedding Skin October 19, 2023
I recently read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by David Eggers for the first time and loved it. In addition to the intricacies of Eggers’ unique voice and narrative style, there is a passage in the book I’ve been dwelling on ever since I p...
Dave Eggers Cancels Amazon October 11, 2021
Selling books through Amazon is now part and parcel of a working author’s life. It would be a brave writer who decided that to refuse to allow their work to be sold through earth’s biggest retailer. But that is exactly what Dave Eggers has done with ...
Dave Eggers's Satire on Trump is Heavy-handed December 18, 2019
A feckless moron is appointed to the captaincy of a ship, despite having no nautical experience. The Captain has a propensity to grope women and brag about not paying his taxes, and in his younger days he ‘had hidden in the bowels of the ship looking...
