I agree with both positive and negative reviews of the book, with the exception that I am ok with the quick conclusion. (It is the only thing that comes to a finale for Alan, anyway, if you know what I mean.) I like the metaphor of impotence for the aging American salesman that goes hand in hand ...
Eggers' last novel is an interesting take on America's spirit in the contemporary world crisis, though it lacks any strong opinion and generally is a little too open.VideoReview:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMzM86NL_iQ
This is a strange beast of a novel about an impotent middle-aged American man, Alan Clay, engulfed in the quite predictable twists and turns of the global economy. Before dealing with impotence and middle life crisis, Mr. Clay used to be a self made man building up an entrepreneurial career in the m...
On paper Dave Eggers should be an author who I love without reservation, but I always come away from his books feeling completely underwhelmed. Such was the case this time round in A Hologram for the King.A story of an middle age man with an shrew of an ex-wife, who goes to a country oh, so very di...
Heartbreaking commentary of the past several American decade that have lead it to a place where many are able to relate to type of dark story. Tightly written with some many outstanding versus. The protagonist is no hero in fact it is easy to dislike him but I think it because many of us have acted ...
Apparently this is a best seller? Basically this text chronicles the musings of a middle-aged, aimless discontent on an ill conceived business trip. Completely anti-climactic and utterly unresolved. Not quite a waste of three hours but maybe I'm feeling generous.
I highly suggest reading this simple and profound short novel. Alan Clay, the novel's protagonist, is Prufrock and Marlow and every Beckett character, exploring and wondering and what-if-ing but ultimately doing nothing of consequence. His struggles with reality, with tangibility, with truth, reek o...
There is nothing that makes me happier than picking up a book, reading a couple of pages, and knowing in my heart that the book is going to be a wonderful read.A Hologram for the King is such a book.The plot is thin: a Death-of-a-Salesman middle-aged fellow is in Saudi, waiting to see the king, hopi...
started off promising with the sample on kindle, but just over halfway done and I'm finding Alan very weird and boring.I really liked his "What is the What" however, so I may look at his other writings.
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