A Hologram for the King, (Paperback)

from bibleblaster

Loved this! "Waiting for Godot"--or maybe Kafka's "The Castle"--for those living through the Second Great Depression and the Decline and Fall of the American Empire. And Eggers would probably hate that description. He pulls it all off with an unassuming, small story about a divorced American cons...

from theageofsilt

I think the novel did an excellent job of capturing the zeitgeist of contemporary times, the way "Bonfire of the Vanities" did with the 80's. For me, the story declined with the arrival of a doctor who, too clearly, foreshadows the fate of the protagonist's business venture. Yes, Godot, does arrive!

from Samchan

Here we go again; here's another story of a white, sad sack salesman, taking stock of where he went wrong in his life-but this time amidst the desert sands of the UAE! Ooh, so original. Except not. And yet, there's a certain hypnotic, meditative quality to the novel. The book basically feels like...

from flydodofly

Regardless of Eggers being one of my favourite authors and people in general, this is a really good book. What remains with me is the scorching sun above the pointless city allowing no shadows around the characters and their goings on, whilst they remain unknown and secretive and their actions me...

from nmele

this novel about a divorced, fifty-something fellow trying desperately to recover his equilibrium after financial failure was both depressing and--enlightening is not the correct term--educational to read. I was impressed by Eggers' depiction of the bewildered American in a different culture (Sau...