Dave Eggers · 2000
A memoir chronicling a young man's sudden responsibility to raise his younger brother after parental loss.
Russ Roberts recommends it because it is laugh-out-loud funny even though it handles a tragic subject.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“I once made the mistake of reading a heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers in a hotel lobby.”
Why: It is laugh-out-loud funny even though it handles a tragic subject.
Russ Roberts, Host on EconTalkConversation, Interintellect, and Arcadia (with Anna Gat)
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