- Recessions, Families, Businessmen, Fiction
"In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great"--Publisher.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and effortless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Dave Eggers
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, Penguin Books, Limited, Vintage Canada
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English, Japanese, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780241979082
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Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir, *A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,* became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal *Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern,* the literacy project *826 Valencia,* and the human rights non-profit organisation Voice of Witness. Additionally, he founded ScholarMatch, a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in publications including *The New Yorker, Esquire,* and *The New York Times Maga
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