A Hologram for the King
By Dave Eggers
- Release Date: 2012-08-01
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
From the bestselling author of The Circle—a taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel that takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy’s gale-force winds.
“An outstanding achievement in Eggers’s already impressive career, and an essential read.” —San Francisco Chronicle
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do something great. A novel that’s a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment—and a moving story of how we got here.
Reviews
An uneventful read
2By jlrinsjI kept reading hoping the next chapter was more interesting, suspenseful, etc. Didn't happen. Hope in this case the movie is better than the book.A Hologram for the King
2By Jerad TobyThis book was really a disappointment. The main character's life story is filled with sadness and disappointments. He is out of motiviation and overall, just a deflated person. The story never goes anywhere and then ends abruptly with more dissapointment. There was truly no point in reading the story, it just causes frustration with the character for his lack of will.
