A conversation with Dave Eggers

with Dave Eggers
in Books
on Thursday, February 17, 2000 * * * * *

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A conversation with author Dave Eggers on his book "A Heart-Breaking Work of Staggering Genius", which is being praised by many critics. The work is a memoir chronicling Eggers' experience raising his brother "Toph" following the cancer-related deaths of their parents.

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McSweeney's
Dave Eggers
writing
family
first book
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    1. k_spain  12/13/2009 01:05 AM Report

      Praise for Charlie Rose for staying awake.

    2. Kim   10/04/2008 02:16 AM Report

      I agree with Matt. Mr. Rose did not give Dave the respect he deserves. His comments about the book are irrelevant and hated the "jokes" at the end about not getting "too cocky" and "reviewers really didn't like the work, they just want to be in McSweeney's". Obviously he hadn't read the book and I cringed when watching Mr. Rose try and fake his way through it.

      Just watched the DFW interview and now see that DFW made it relevant. CR just wanted to talk about the books thickness-about five times. A bit banal, but at least he's not an obnoxious interviewer.

    3. Matt  04/02/2008 11:23 PM Report

      Rose clearly has not read this book. During the interview, he flips through the first few pages and reads parts aloud, recites the blurbs on the back cover, mistakenly refers to Eggers as the oldest child in the family, and towards the end (giving up?) asks Eggers to read a favorite passage.

      I know it's a daily program, and Rose couldn't possibly get through all the books that his show covers, but didn't he get notes from a staffer who'd read it? A rare disappointment.