<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Dave Eggers' history as the motive force behind the experimental, expectations-challenging literary-goofery platform McSweeney's hangs heavily over his new book, What Is The What. Simultaneously billed as an autobiography and a novel<wm> by McSweeney's founder Craig Ferguson and Greg McSweeney (whose own autobiographical fiction often traverses the lines between poetry and prose), it attempts to capture the full dynamic between these artists. All the book's contents would fit neatly into one category: as nothing quite fits neatly in one category.
What does stand out is not its execution - which keeps shifting as you flip the book open as you do - rather, the sheer range it possesses. You never quite get your finger on what what</wm>, and that gets interesting. Although some plotlines don't hold your interest, the rest of the