you shall know our velocity by dave eggers

But as their plans are frustrated, twisted and altered at every step and the natives prove far from grateful to their benefactors, Will and Hand find that the world is an infinitely bigger, more surreal and exhilarating place than they ever realised. Perhaps it's something to do with Jack's death - perhaps they'll find the reason later. They can't really say why they're doing it, just that it needs to be done. Taking a week out of their lives, they decide to travel around the world to give the money away. Will and Hand are burdened by $38,000 and the memory of their friend Jack. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.You Shall Know Our Velocity is a compelling and thought-provoking novel by award-winning Dave Eggers Who is doing more, single-handedly and single-mindedly, for American writing?” - Time and the stream-water clarity of his descriptions. Eggers’s strengths as a writer are real: his funny pitch-perfect dialog the way his prose delicately captures the bumblebee blundering of Will’s thoughts. See search resultsfor this author Dave Eggers(Author) 3.9 out of 5 stars201 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. “There are some wonderful set-pieces here, and memorable phrases tossed on the ground like unwanted pennies from the guy who runs the mint.” - The Washington Post Book World You Shall Know Our Velocity Hardcover Septemby Dave Eggers (Author) Visit Amazon's Dave Eggers Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more.

“The bottom line that matters is this: Eggers has written a terrific novel, an entertaining and imaginative tale.” - The Boston Globe achieves a kind of anguished, profane poetry.” - Newsweek

“Eggers ’s writing really takes off - his forte is the messy, funny tirade, stuffed with convincing pain and wry observations.” - Newsday 'An entertaining and profoundly original tale.' - San Francisco Chronicle 'Eggers is a wonderful writer, bold and inventive, with the technique of a magic realist.' - Salon

'There's an echolet of James Joyce there and something of Saul Bellow's Chinatown bounce, but we're carried into the narrative by a fluidity of line that is Eggers's own.' - Entertainment Weekly Like Kerouac's book, Eggers's could inspire a generation as much as it documents it.' - LA Weekly ' You Shall Know Our Velocity! is the work of a wildly talented writer.

“Headlong, heartsick and footsore.Frisbee sentences that sail, spin, hover, circle and come back to the reader like gifts of gravity and grace.Nobody writes better than Dave Eggers about young men who aspire to be, at the same time, authentic and sincere.” - The New York Times Book Review

You shall know our velocity by dave eggers