by Dave Eggers · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780307947512
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«A Hologram for the King» is Dave Eggers's literary fiction novel, in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Alan Clay, an American businessman burdened by debt, travels to a booming Saudi city to try to close one last big deal. While waiting for a meeting that keeps being postponed, he reflects on his life, the recession, the threat of losing his home, and the need to pay for his daughter's studies.
The work was a finalist for the National Book Award and nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in the economic crisis, globalization, and midlife personal crises.
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.
