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
Is This What You Want? the Walrus",<ref name="Staunton/RM 04">Terry Staunton, "Jackie Lomax: "Is This What You Want?"", "Record Collector", July 2004; available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required; retrieved 31 October 2012).</ref> and, conversely, pre-empting the similar-sounding "Come Together" by a full year.<ref name="Unterberger/AM">Richie Unterberger, "Jackie Lomax "Is This What You Want?"", AllMusic (retrieved 31 October 2012).</ref> Recording for "Is This What You Want?" began at EMI Studios in London in June 1968 and continued through the summer in between Harrison's work on the Beatles' White Album. While working alone at Trident Studios, down the hall from where the band were recording, Lomax was invited to