Before going on, I wanted to take a moment to appreciate the cover of this book. It's intricate and ornate and, simply put, beautiful. From the moment you see this book, before you open a page, the book itself demands your attention and respect and, well, awe.
Eggers is a master, and he has created in "A Hologram for the King" another novel which, if written by someone else would be a masterpiece, but for Eggers is merely par for the course.
Eggers brings a straight and powerful tone to this novel, which gives the book a gravity which could have easily been lost. There are points in the novel which border on surreal and could easily corrupt the story's core, but which Eggers handles effortlessly in stride.
The setting of the story manages to simultaneously call on several points of reference: it's both ancient and modern. Empty, but full of mystery. The other side of the world, but achingly familiar.
"A Hologram for the King" is powerful, and hearkens back to an ancient Greek tragedy while also firmly planting itself as a novel for its own time.
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