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Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif is the author of a dark, subversive, funny "alleged novel" (as he says), called A Case of Exploding Mangoes, about the death of General Zia-ul-Haq. Now he has a new book set in today's Karachi - it's called Our Lady of Alice Bhatti.

This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with Dave Eggers. He achieved fame and recognition for his award-winning memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Now he's written a biography of Valentino Achak Deng, a "lost boy" of Sudan who eventually made his way to America where the complicated story of his life continues. The book is written as an autobiography and entitled What is the What?