Arts
Imagine a noble cruise ship with a rogue charlatan as its new captain with followers "most fowl" and a conspiracy theorist speaking from the bowels of the ship... Join us as we interview author and journalist Dave Eggers about his satirical allegory, The Captain and the Glory . "I like being captain," said the man with the yellow feather. He was installed high on the bridge of the Glory , and surveyed the seas with swelling pride. The ship's passengers had elected him to steer the ship and he was very pleased about it. The supporters of the new Captain were pleased, too. In fact, they were jubilant. Never in their lifetimes had something like this happened. They felt triumphant and unstoppable and capable of doing anything. Dave Eggers is the author of many books, including The Circle , The Monk of Mokha , What is the What , A Hologram for the King , and The Lifters . Eggers is winner of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize,