What is the what

[Ya Sam]

Sorry if mentioned before.

It seems there is a new novel by Eggers coming out this october. Saw this 
refernece on wallace-l by the way. I've read nothing by him, but his name 
has appeared on P-list on several occasions. I'm not sure if the whole 
McSweeney's project is worth a try though.

Book Description

In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of 
the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee 
now living in the United States. We follow his life as he's driven from his 
home as a boy and walks, with thousands of orphans, to Ethiopia, where he 
finds safety — for a time. Valentino's travels, truly Biblical in scope, 
bring him in contact with government soldiers, janjaweed-like militias, 
liberation rebels, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation — and a string 
of unexpected romances. Ultimately, Valentino finds safety in Kenya and, 
just after the millennium, is finally resettled in the United States, from 
where this novel is narrated. In this book, written with expansive humanity 
and surprising humor, we come to understand the nature of the conflicts in 
Sudan, the refugee experience in America, the dreams of the Dinka people, 
and the challenge one indomitable man faces in a world collapsing around 
him.

http://www.amazon.com/What-Autobiography-Valentino-Achak-Deng/dp/1932416641/sr=1-1/qid=1157738486/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2421482-3443142?ie=UTF8&s=books

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