In my earliest twenties, I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius on the recommendation of a woman that I moved in with after knowing her for only two weeks and quitting my job as a grocery clerk. The accomplice to my short stint buildering and graffiting kicked me out a few months later because ...
I remember liking A Heartbreaking Work a lot and then following up a bit with McSweeney’s and liking that too. He released another novel, Contrapposto, last month. Eggers is cool.
I just listened to this ep on the road
I really liked A Heartbreaking Work too. Eggers had completely dropped off my radar screen until this post. Looking forward to watching this.
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Also enjoyed that book many years ago haven't thought of it in awhile. A good mix of seriousness and comedy.
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