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A review by alihill
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
3.0
I liked it. There were long parts about starting the magazine business that I didn't care about, but most of it was about the family and those were definitely the best parts. His writing style reminds me a lot of Evan Grillon, he's pretty funny and dry.
"James came walking down the aisle, under a sky that had cleared and was now immaculate, the first notes wafted toward us, piped through two speakers on the deck--it was not the wedding march. Or Pachelbel. It was--I was panicked, scanning the crowd for a reaction because I was almost sure that this song was--oh, now it was unmistakable, this song--This song was "Beth" by KISS. Not an instrumental version. The original recording. And she was barefoot. Did she think this was funny? Surely she couldn't--
There was a cliff only thirty yards away, and I wondered if i would be noticed, if i could just slip away quietly, as they were all watching the entrance, and fling myself over."
"James came walking down the aisle, under a sky that had cleared and was now immaculate, the first notes wafted toward us, piped through two speakers on the deck--it was not the wedding march. Or Pachelbel. It was--I was panicked, scanning the crowd for a reaction because I was almost sure that this song was--oh, now it was unmistakable, this song--This song was "Beth" by KISS. Not an instrumental version. The original recording. And she was barefoot. Did she think this was funny? Surely she couldn't--
There was a cliff only thirty yards away, and I wondered if i would be noticed, if i could just slip away quietly, as they were all watching the entrance, and fling myself over."