What is the What
What is the What
Book for May 2013
Group 2
What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a 2006 novel written by Dave Eggers. It is based on the real life story of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese refugee and member of the Lost Boys of Sudan program. The novel inspired some of the lyrics from David Byrne and Brian Eno's Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Tom Tykwer plans to adapt the novel into a film. In 2009, the novel received the Prix Médicis étranger in France.
About the Author
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is known for the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and for his more recent work as a novelist and screenwriter. He is also the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia, and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His works have appeared in several magazines, most notably The New Yorker. His works have received a significant amount of critical acclaim.

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The Circle