From the bestselling author of The Circleâa 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 economyâs gale-force winds.
âAn outstanding achievement in Eggersâs already impressive career, and an essential read.â âSan 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 daughterâs college tuition, and finally do something great. A novel thatâs a powerful evocation of our contemporary momentâand a moving story of how we got here.
From the bestselling author of The Circleâa 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 economyâs gale-force winds.
âAn outstanding achievement in Eggersâs already impressive career, and an essential read.â âSan 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 daughterâs college tuition, and finally do something great. A novel thatâs a powerful evocation of our contemporary momentâand a moving story of how we got here.