Will and Hand agree that it is best not to go to the hospital, lest the attackers attempt to track them. After Jack's death, Will and Hand are asked to help go through Jack's possessions in a storage facility, where Hand decides to wander around and leaves Will.ĭuring Hand's absence, Will is brutally beaten by three men. The pair had delusional ambitions to use the money to save his life but to no avail. Shortly after receiving the sum, Will and Hand's mutual childhood friend, Jack, was involved in a car accident. He is uncomfortable having this money, since he feels he did nothing to earn it, and is left with a sense of guilt and purposelessness. His photograph screwing in a light bulb has been made into a silhouette and is being used as a picture for a lighting company's light bulb boxes. Will has surprisingly come into a large amount of money, around $32,000. The plot follows Will and Hand, two childhood friends who set out on a week-long around-the-world odyssey, ostensibly to give away a large sum of money. It was Eggers's debut novel, following the success of his memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000). You Shall Know Our Velocity! is a 2002 novel by Dave Eggers.
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