Dave Eggers. (2007). What Is the What. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Dave Eggers. 2007. What Is the What. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Dave Eggers, What Is the What. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007.

Dave Eggers. What Is the What. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007.

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When he finally is resettled in the United States, he finds a life full of promise, but also heartache and myriad new challenges. Moving, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, What Is the What is an astonishing novel that illuminates the lives of millions through one extraordinary man.
“A testament to the triumph of hope over experience, human resilience over tragedy and disaster.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

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