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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - D.Eggers

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  • 31-08-2006 8:04pm
    #1
    BossArky
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    Another one that I'm bidding on ebay for. Opinions?


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    adm
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    been a while since i read it but i liked it quite a bit as i remember.wont change your life but definitely very good


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    da_deadman
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    Buy it - definitely. This book changed my life...:D

    This is one of the books that I have most enjoyed reading. I could barely put it down once I started reading it. I'd absolutely recommend this book to anyone and everyone.


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    BossArky
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    Ok, so I got around to reading this book 6 months after picking it up on eBay.

    The first 80 pages or so didn't impress me too much, most probably due to my dragging them out over approx 3 weeks. I then read the rest in half a week.

    D.Eggers has a way with words, someway between Catcher in the Rye and a teenage diary.

    I also liked the way he wrote the book, with a bit of fiction here and there to enliven the story.

    ***SPOILER ALERT***
    I was shocked to discover on Wiki that his sister Beth, a character from the book, actually committed suicide a few years after the book


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    lsedov
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    Isn't he one of the guys behind that McSweeney's empire?


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    da_deadman
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    BossArky, I'm glad you liked it. I really enjoyed his style of writing for this book. So much that I have since also got 'How we are hungry', a book of short stories he wrote - some of which are very good.

    Isedov, you're right, Dave Eggers was one of the main guys involved in setting up McSweeney's.


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    lsedov
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    Speaking of McSweeney's, does anyone know how to get The Believer or their other journals here in Ireland? Other than through their website, I mean -- aren't there any well stocked bookshops around?


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    lsedov
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    Inspired by this thread, I picked up A.H.W.S.G. yesterday, and am reading it now. So far, I'm quite impressed.


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    da_deadman
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    lsedov wrote:
    Speaking of McSweeney's, does anyone know how to get The Believer or their other journals here in Ireland? Other than through their website, I mean -- aren't there any well stocked bookshops around?

    I've picked up a few of the McSweeney's Quarterly Publication books in Waterstones in Dawson Street. They have a section there for Imported Books (from the US I think) which is the only place I've seen the McSweeney's stuff. Maybe that's worth checking out for some of their other publications.


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    lsedov
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    Thanks, I'll have a look at that!


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