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What is the What by Dave Eggers

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What is the What

Author
Dave Eggers
Narrator
Dion Graham
Publisher
W. F. Howes Ltd
Publish Date
10 August 2017
Run Time
20 hours 30 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary

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Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety for a time. Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers, liberation rebels and deadly militias, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation. But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these…

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Author
Dave Eggers
Narrator
Dion Graham
Duration
20 hours 30 minutes
Release Date
10 August 2017
ISBN
9781471298752
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
W. F. Howes Ltd
Genre
Fiction: general and literary

Synopsis

Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety for a time. Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers, liberation rebels and deadly militias, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation. But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these…

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