A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

"Exhilarating…Profoundly moving, occasionally angry, and often hilarious... A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is, finally, a finite book of jest, which is why it succeeds so brilliantly" ( The New York Times Book Review ). A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the unique, moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. In his distinctive style unlike any other memoir, Egger's story is a