What is the What by Dave Eggers

In this heartrending and astonishing novel, Dave Eggers illuminates the history of the Sudanese civil war through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the US. Driven from his home as a boy, Deng walks with thousands of other orphans to Ethiopia, where he finds safety for a time. Valentino's travels, truly Biblical in scope, bring him in contact with government soldiers, ganjaweed-like militias, liberation rebels, hyenas and lions, aid workers, disease and starvation. His story is an eye-opening account of life amid the madness of war, told with expansive humanity and unexpected humour. This 2007 Hamish Hamilton Ltd Paperback is in good condition. Heavy, well thumbed book.

ISBN: 9780241142585 SKU: 1245718 This image is of the actual book.

Location: Fiction