Dave Eggers

"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"

i really expected something smart and funny

well it's smart funny and really hardcore stuff. the "acknowledgements" part is indeed "ahah" half barth-like self-reflexive half "i hate being a writer" ("ooh Look at me, I'm Dave, I'm writing a book! With all my thoughts in it! La la la!") mark leyner yet it's definitely more tragic driven. the episode of the non-stop bleeding nose is really one of the mots intense incipit i read in years.