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What Is the What
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9781932416640
 
1 edition from McSweeneys Books (October 28, 2006)
9781932416640 | details & prices | 450 pages | 6.75 × 5.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.90 lbs | List price $26.00
About: A biographical novel traces the story of Valentino Achak Deng, who as a boy of seven was separated from his family when his village in southern Sudan was attacked by government helicopters and became one of the estimated 17,000 'lost boys of Sudan' before relocating from a Kenyan refugee camp to Atlanta in 2001.
Miscellaneous
Book cover for 9780307390363
 
from Vintage Books (November 13, 2007)
9780307390363 | details & prices | 480 pages | List price $15.95
This edition also contains What Is the What
Miscellaneous
With Dion Graham (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Findaway World Llc (April 1, 2008)
9781605142456 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $39.99
This edition also contains What Is the What
About: 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.