Picador, London, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Sixth impression or later. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 375 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition except for a small hole on the front (seen in picture). . Previous owner's book-plate laid in but it is blank. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Dave Egger's parents died from cancer within a month of each other when he was 21 and his brother, Christopher, was seven. They left the Chicago suburb where they had grown up and moved to San Francisco. This book tells the story of their life together. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ,; 0; 1; United States; 2000s; Humour. ISBN: 0330484540. ISBN/EAN: 9780330484541. Pictures are of actual item and are not stock images Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10641. . 9780330484541

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents. The book was an enormous commercial and critical success, reaching number one on The New York Times bestseller list and being nominated as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. Time Magazine and several newspapers dubbed it "The Best Book of the Year.

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10641
Title: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Author: Eggers, Dave
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0330484540
ISBN 13: 9780330484541
Publisher: Picador
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: BZDB137 dave eggers, memoir, humorous Biography & Autobiography; ,; 0; 1; United States; 2000s; Humour. Unbranded ISBN: 0330484540 EAN: 9780330484541 Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

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