Is What the What?

I recently finished reading the Dave Eggers novelization of Valentino Achak Deng's autobiography about his experience as a "Lost Boy" of southern Sudan. It's an interesting sort of collaboration where Valentino supplied the rough narrative of his life and memories and Dave wrote in his voice and filled in the details that Valentino's memory lacked. It's a bit odd to hear Dave's style restricted in a way by trying to stay true to Valentino's life an d not fly off on it's usual surreal tangents. And certainly Valentino's own voice and horrific experiences shine through.