false 18760697 1022975 4953 0375725784 9780375725784 4191 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4953.A_Heartbreaking_Work_of_Staggering_Genius 3.58 43139 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the 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. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read in paperback for decades to come. The Vintage edition includes a new appendix by the author.]]> 3371 3.75 89309 11519 2000 4 0 false Thu Mar 27 09:48:46 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 09:48:49 -0700 2008