A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Simon & Schuster, 2000
The first edition of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers was published in New York by Simon & Schuster in 2000. We track 2 editions.
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Setting and characters
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- California
- Genre
- memoir
In print
- Editions recorded
- 24 on Open Library, 10 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 4 languages
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The first edition of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers was published in New York by Simon & Schuster in 2000.
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