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From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of THE RUSSIAN DEBUTANTE?S HANDBOOK comes the uproarious and poignant story of one very fat man and one very small country
Random House
May 2006
Featuring: Misha Vainberg
352 pages
ISBN: 1400061962
Hardcover
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Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster
of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia,
proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from
Accidental College, USA (don’t even ask), and patriot of no
country save the great City of New York. Poor Misha just
wants to live in the South Bronx with his hot Latina
girlfriend, but after his gangster father murders an
Oklahoma businessman in Russia, all hopes of a U.S. visa are
lost. Salvation lies in the tiny, oil-rich nation of Absurdistan,
where a crooked consular officer will sell Misha a Belgian
passport. But after a civil war breaks out between two
competing ethnic groups and a local warlord installs hapless
Misha as minister of multicultural affairs, our hero soon
finds himself covered in oil, fighting for his life, falling
in love, and trying to figure out if a normal life is still
possible in the twenty-first century. With the enormous success of The Russian Debutante’s
Handbook, Gary Shteyngart established himself as a central
figure in today’s literary world--"one of the most talented
and entertaining writers of his generation," according to
The New York Observer. In Absurdistan, he delivers an even
funnier and wiser literary performance. Misha Vainberg is a
hero for the new century, a glimmer of humanity in a world
of dashed hopes.
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