Summary
International literary superstar Dave Eggers on the biggest subject of them all - the state of the world.
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.
In this critically-acclaimed novel, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241145869 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241145864 |
| Author: | Dave Eggers |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2015 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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Completely engrossing
A fascinating novel * New Yorker *
A spare but moving elegy for the American century * Publishers Weekly *
Completely engrossing * Fortune *
Dave Eggers is a prince among men when it comes to writing deeply felt, socially conscious books that meld reportage with fiction. [Hologram] is a strike against the current state of global economic in justice – Elissa Schappell * Vanityfair.com *
About The Author
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is the author of ten books, including most recently Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?, The Circle, and A Hologram for the King, which was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award.
He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company based in San Francisco that produces books, a quarterly journal of new writing (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern), and a monthly magazine, The Believer. McSweeney’s also publishes Voice of Witness, a nonprofit book series that uses oral history to illuminate human rights crises around the world.
Eggers is the co-founder of 826 National, a network of eight tutoring centers around the country, and ScholarMatch, a nonprofit organization designed to connect students with resources, schools, and donors to make college possible.
He lives in Northern California with his family.
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