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Rent A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published: Feb 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Literary
Retail Price: $19.00
Pages: 496
Synopsis
A respected magazine editor/founder and onetime spokesman for Generation X offers a satiric, eloquent, and thoroughly tradition-shattering memoir that discusses the deaths of his parents from cancer, his raising of his younger brother, and more. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 300,000 first printing.
Reviews
this is a memoir i read for one of my book clubs. my favorite thing about it was that it was set in sf. now that i live here, i like to read about sf. besides that, i liked reading about this 20 year old who is stuck caring for his young brother after his parents both die of cancer. the way he stepped up and took responsibility... quite a change from the last book club book, where she spent her whole time being completely irresponsible and preachy.