by Dave Eggers · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241145869
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«A Hologram for the King» is the contemporary novel by Dave Eggers, published by Vintage Books in paperback (336 pages, in English).
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to a booming city in Saudi Arabia with one last chance to avoid foreclosure, pay for his daughter's college, and achieve something big. Far from recession-hit America, the novel shows him fighting to stay afloat against the effects of the global economy.
2013 edition; finalist for the National Book Award in 2012 and nominee for the Andrew Carnegie Medal in 2013.
For readers of current literary fiction seeking stories about economic crisis, globalization, and second chances.
Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the literacy project 826 Valencia, and the human rights non-profit organisation Voice of Witness. Additionally, he founded ScholarMatch, a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.
