What Is the What writes: "Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art." The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees
The Idiot (album) The Idiot (album) The Idiot is the debut solo album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. It was the first of two LPs released in 1977 which Pop wrote and recorded in collaboration with David Bowie, who is credited as producer. As sessions for the album began before the recording of Bowie's "Low" (1977), "The Idiot" has been called the unofficial beginning of Bowie's Berlin period. Described by Pop as musically "a cross between James Brown and Kraftwerk," "The Idiot" is a departure from the guitar-based proto-punk of his former band the Stooges, and has been compared with Bowie's "Berlin