A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Pulitzer Prize Finalist

The literary sensation of the year, a book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century.A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Geniusis 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 Geniusis an instant classic that will be read in paperback for decades to come. The Vintage edition includes a new appendix by the author.

Dave Eggers is the editor of <i>McSweeney's</i>. He has lived in Chicago and San Francisco and currently lives in Brooklyn.