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A Hologram for the King

By Dave Eggers
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A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers is a story about Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman who travels to Saudi Arabia to secure an IT contract. He hopes this deal will revive his waning career, addressing both financial woes and personal doubts amidst a rapidly changing global economy. The narrative paints a poignant picture of alienation, adaptation, and the pursuit of purpose in unfamiliar terrain.
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A Hologram for the King

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.

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International literary superstar Dave Eggers on the biggest subject of them all - the state of the world . . .

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.

In this critically-acclaimed novel, A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers 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. This taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel is a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment - and a moving story of how we got here.

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Dave Eggers' novel has been described as a fascinating and completely engrossing work by several reviewers. It is seen as a moving elegy for the American century and applauded for its blend of reportage with fiction. Moreover, it is noted for its commentary on global economic injustice, showcasing Eggers' strong social consciousness.

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ISBN: 9780241145869

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 234g

Pages: 336

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Dave Eggers Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Dave Eggers was born in Boston in 1970. He is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity, The Unforbidden is Compulsory, How We Are Hungry, Short Short Stories, Teachers Have It Easy, Surviving Justice, What is the What, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, The Wild Things, Zeitoun, A Hologram for the King, The Circle and Your Fathers, Where Are They? And The Prophets, Do They Live Forever? A Hologram for the King and The Circle are both currently in production for major film adaptations. Dave Eggers is the founder of McSweeney's independent publishing house, the 826 National network, and the nonprofit organisation ScholarMatch. He lives in Northern California with his family and his next novel is forthcoming in 2016.

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