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You Shall Know Our Velocity

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You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers is a wholly brilliant work of fiction. The concept itself is ingenius; two friends travel around the globe (not quite fully around as planned) to give away roughly $32,000 to people who need it. How he comes into the money, I'll leave that for the readers. Some of the ways they distribute the money are pretty entertaining, like trying to tape a wad of cash to a goat (obviously wanting the owner to find it) with a note that says "Here I Am - Rock You Like a Hurricane", just pure reading entertainment. The trip doesn't quite go as planned, they cannot hit all the destinations they want (mainly Cairo) and have some trouble because they can't enter countries which require visas, but the journey and the events are incredible- The writing is truly a joy to read. There is also more to this book than I've described, it really is filled with melancholy undertones that will move you. Will and Hand are the two friends who take the journey, the real purpose of the trip is for them to escape, to just get away for a week- because their other best friend has died six months prior- they often reminisce about their friend Jack and his life, Will is really tortured by the loss of Jack and this continuously resurfaces. The story is very touching, and at the same time hilarious in spots, definitely not one to miss out on. This is one of the best novels I've read in a long time, and I read everything.

You Shall Know Our Velocity is a story about humanity more than it is a story about the world. Readers quickly get to know and relate to the characters, even before knowing their stories. Written with Egger's wonderfully fluid way of weaving a story and a person together. Incredibly enjoyable to read and travel through.