by Gary Shteyngart
Misha Vainberg, a 325 pound Russian Jew, is the son of the 1,238th richest man in Russia. Sent in 1990 by his Beloved Papa to get his education at the American Accidental College ("located deep in the country's interior and safe from the gay distractions of the eastern and western seaboards"), Misha...
I must first say that I just hate reviewing books that I have given 1 star ratings. I know some reviewers out there enjoy the scathing review. I, personally, just feel like it is yet another an imposition on my time by a novel that was not worth my time in the first place.That said, I think my lea...
A funny, bittersweet picaresque satire of contemporary Russia and Russian-Jewish ennui. Misha is a mixed-up sweetheart, lovable yet deeply dysfunctional. A good read, well-written.
I liked Stheyngart's cynical way of looking at things. The setting of the story is also kind of unusual from my point of view. The book contains as well some rather boring passages towards the end.
Might have worked better as a novella, the absurdity became overwhelming and slow to slog through. Entertaining in parts, I did laugh out loud at times.
This book is a satire about what is going on in the world today. Looking at terrible incidents which bear similarities to the World Trade Centre disaster and, the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of our Russian immigrant story teller, Misha. Fueled by alcohol and activan, Misha tells the story of...
I read this because a friend of mine recomended I read it. It was okay but not really my thing. First of all I like a main charictor who you can respect for some reason. This not a main charictor I could like for any reason, hes whinye, self absorbed, spoiled, and narisistic. He is attracted to booz...
I discovered Shteyngart reading a reportage by him from Baku and Azerbaijan on The New Yorker. That was an exilarating and yet apparently honest account of one of the most controversial post-soviet ex-Russian republics, the bird shaped one on the shores of Caspian Sea. The same Baku and Azerbaijan o...
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