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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781400033546
ISBN: 1400033543
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: July 01, 2003
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: July 01, 2003
Sales Rank: 12515
Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In his first novel, Dave Eggers has written a moving and hilarious tale of two friends who fly around the world trying to give away a lot of money and free themselves from a profound loss. It reminds us once again what an important, necessary talent Dave Eggers is.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
*slight spoliers perhaps below*
Having just finished Eggers' first novel (the majority of it in one ravenous sitting), I find it lingering urgently in my mind. This sort of intensity is, after all, what the entire book is about. Will, our narrator, is in his mid-twenties and already dragging a psychological mountain around; he is an intensely introspective and wise (though weary) soul which the untimely death of his friend more than helped to accelerate. More than anything, Will is someone ... Read More
Rating:  -
I just finished the book for the second time. It is probably not the greatest book that I have ever read, but it is definitely my favorite. And that is what matters. I could read nothing but this book, over and over, for the rest of my life. I would be completely satisfied in doing so.
Eggers has this way of writing that just perfectly fits within my brain. With other authors, it never feels right- David Sedaris comes to mind. You simply cannot read the words they write like they are ... Read More
Rating:  -
Let me begin by saying the title of my review is being generous. If anything, at least Eggers managed to include some funny and interesting observations. There was the occasional flourish of beautiful writing, like when he compares the waves against a person's hands to a soft kiss or the sadness associated with cleaning out someone's storage unit. But beyond these few moments, there really is nothing here. Is this anywhere near "On the Road" as LA Weekly says? Not even close. Does Eggers stand now ... Read More
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The most beautiful things occur in experience, not retrospect - a wonderful, detached, exciting, awed emotion becomes us, one that is almost inexpressible, but one that Dave Eggers, in this work, has managed to capture and give to his readers. Unfortunate things occur, plans are dashed, we miss out on things and do things we regret, fear and sadness envelop us, yet in the end we feel complete. This is a book to be experienced, the tale of two friends, with all the qualms of friendship attached, trying ... Read More
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I ordered this book because I had read AHWOSG and found that pretty good. I was surely dissapointed in this book. The story just drags on and on and on and never really goes anywhere. I made it about halfway through before I decided to stop wasting my time with a "story" I didn't really care about. It seems like it could be a really good book but falls so short of its potential.
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