Citation:          Eggers, Dave.  A hologram for the king, San Francisco: McSweeney's Books 2012.

Title:               A hologram for the king (Jun 2012)

Author             Eggers, Dave

Publication details:   McSweeney’s House.

Alan Clay is struggling financially and is in debt up to his neck.   He needs money to pay off his mortgage ($100,000.00) to stop the bank foreclosing on his property. He also needs to pay his daughter’s college fees.

  Alan travels to Saudi Arabia to get the Information Technology Supplier job at the King Abdullah Economic City because he is a friend of the nephew of the King.

This is a thought-provoking, science fiction, complex character driven story.  It has Saudi Arabia family themes.  Find out if Alan is able to stop the bank foreclosing his property, and what about his daughter’s college fees?....