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A hologram for the king book review5/28/2023 Eggers's inhabiting of the terms and tics of a distinctly American consciousness is as remarkable as, in earlier books, his channeling of Sudanese and Syrian sensibilitie. A comic but deeply affecting tale about one man's travails that also provides a bright, digital snapshot of our times.Ī clear, supremely readable parable of America in the global economy that is haunting, beautifully shaped and sad. Eggers's uncommon ability to access his characters' emotions and channel their every mood, we are instantly immersed in Alan's story. Rather, his sad-funny-dreamlike story unfolds to become an allegory about the frustrations of middle-class America, about the woes unemployed workers and sidelined entrepreneurs have experienced in a newly globalized world. Eggers's telling, the 54-year-old Alan is not just another hapless loser undergoing a midlife crisis.
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