Alan Clay, a consultant is trying to get his life back in order (after being a failed businessman), through a project in Jeddah. It is set in a rising Saudi Arabian city. “A Hologram for the King” is his latest offering and according to me it is one of his best works (barring A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius). From that time on, Dave Eggers has been one of my favourite writers and he doesn’t disappoint at all. This was way before Flipkart and it was a lot of fun. So much so that I would eagerly wait for his next release and lunge to the bookstore for it. I was first acquainted to his works when I picked up “’A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” on a lark and loved what I read. I read what he writes, because he is superb at the craft and knows what he is doing to a very large extent. Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Books
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