Title: A Great Book -- Regardless Of The Hype
Product review: 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' was written by Eggers across the span of his twenties, and encapsulates that time perfectly. I can relate exactly to his oppressive paranoia, to his boredom with the suicidal considerations of his friend and his own, life-affirming response, to his utter self-absorption and his painful awareness of his absorption, it seeming out of his control and devouring everything in its path. Is this because I am in my twenties? Is this a physiological state dependent on the death of adolescence and the looming of true and sure adulthood? While I'm glad he wrote this book and appreciate it as a solid entry into the literary pool, I think it's 'bestseller' quality is owed, mostly, to it's perfect cultural timing. But it really is a great book -- regardless of the hype. Also recommended: The Losers' Club by Richard Perez
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