I didn't tell any of you this, but I finished "A Hearbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by David Eggers last week. I'm still processing it, but overall I enjoyed the book. It wasn't a great book; it was no better or worse than many of the other autobiographical memoirs I have read in the past, but it did have a few points of interest.
Eggers uses some pretty smart and witty rhetorical devices to keep the readers attention. The best part about the entire experience of this book is noticing how self-aware he is. A clever comment here or there to keep things fresh and to change perspective are all I needed to keep reading this somewhat lengthy book.
I'm not sure that I would suggest it to you, but if you're interested in reading about the life of a twenty-something in the early nineties trying to raise a pre-teen boy, then this book is for you.
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