What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel
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San Francisco : McSweeney's, [2006].
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Published
San Francisco : McSweeney's, [2006].
Format
Book
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475 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English

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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.
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National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Eggers, D. (2006). What is the what: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel . McSweeney's.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eggers, Dave. 2006. What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : A Novel. McSweeney's.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eggers, Dave. What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : A Novel McSweeney's, 2006.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Eggers, Dave. What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : A Novel McSweeney's, 2006.

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