A Hologram for the King
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Author
Contributors
Eggers, Dave Author
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group , 2012.
Status
Available from Libby/OverDrive
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Description
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do something great. In A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy’s gale-force winds. This taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel is a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment — and a moving story of how we got here.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Eggers, D. (2012). A Hologram for the King . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eggers, Dave. 2012. A Hologram for the King. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eggers, Dave. A Hologram for the King Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Eggers, D. (2012). A hologram for the king. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Eggers, Dave. A Hologram for the King Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012.
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Copy Details
| Collection | Owned | Available | Number of Holds |
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| Libby | 8 | 8 | 0 |
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