![]() Eggers is also the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing house, a literary magazine called The Believer, and a network of writing and tutoring centers called 826. For the rest of the decade, Eggers published a series of successful novels and nonfiction works, including What is the What and Zeitoun, which won praise for confronting serious, present-day issues, such as gentrification, the Internet, globalization, and immigration. Eggers published his first book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, a chronicle of the years he spent raising his younger brother, in 2000-the book was a bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. reading this book entirely through Circe’s pov was refreshing and the connection between reader and narrator felt palpable. In the early 90s, Eggers founded the satirical magazine Might later, he worked as an editor for. He is sexually compulsive and easily seduced by his supervisor. He takes an internship at a hick institution in Southern Alabama to make his wife happy, but once he is situated in this old hospital, he finds that old habits die-hard. ![]() However, shortly before graduating, both of his parents died suddenly and Eggers, aged 21, was forced to leave school to take care of his eight-year-old brother. He is willing to sacrifice his career for his wife, Pria. ![]() Dave Eggers grew up in Chicago and he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ![]()
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