James P Reynolds

Sacrament Dave Eggers McSweeney’s, U.S.A. 2003 Sacrament is basically Eggers’ previous novel You Shall Know Our Velocity with an extra section put in about two-thirds of the way through. The added 49 pages throw into question the reliability of the protagonist/narrator of You Shall Know Our Velocity. Eggers completely changes the context of the story. A neat [...]

You Shall Know Our Velocity Dave Eggers McSweeney’s, U.S.A. 2002 This is Egger’s debut novel which came out two years after his best-selling memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. It is also his first book to be published under his own McSweeney’s imprint. McSweeney’s books are very collectible. They are creatively  designed and well-made. [...]

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers Simon and Schuster, New York, 2000 Dave Eggers’ stellar debut book, a fresh and liberal take on the memoir genre, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. It also made the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list and was named [...]

What is the What Dave Eggers McSweeney’s, U.S.A. 2006 What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng is a fictionalized biography about one of the ‘lost boys of Sudan’. This novel won Eggers the 2009 Prix Medicis Etranger, an annual French award for a writer whose “fame does not yet match their talent.” This is [...]