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"A deeply funny and intelligent take on 21st century troubles.
Absurdistan will have you in stiches from start to finish." -- The List
"By far the funniest novel of the 21st century" -- Independent on Sunday
"If civilsation is indeed in its penultimate stage, Shteyngart is
the perfect jester to satirize our final days." -- Liberal
"It is a substantial work of shuddering importance and though
terribly clever is never, ever annoyingly self-conscious." -- Big Issue Scotland
"Like a victorious wrestler, this novel is so immodestly vigorous,
(and) so burstingly sure of its barbaric excellence." -- London Review of Books
"The easily offended are not welcome in Absurdistan."
-- Times Literary Supplement
`Gary Shteyngart's absurd, wheeling, madcap satire is gleeful and very funny'
-- Financial Times magazine
`The sheer verve of the ride is hard to resist'
-- Observer, Robert Collins
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Absurdistan will have you in stiches from start to finish." -- The List
"By far the funniest novel of the 21st century" -- Independent on Sunday
"If civilsation is indeed in its penultimate stage, Shteyngart is
the perfect jester to satirize our final days." -- Liberal
"It is a substantial work of shuddering importance and though
terribly clever is never, ever annoyingly self-conscious." -- Big Issue Scotland
"Like a victorious wrestler, this novel is so immodestly vigorous,
(and) so burstingly sure of its barbaric excellence." -- London Review of Books
"The easily offended are not welcome in Absurdistan."
-- Times Literary Supplement
`Gary Shteyngart's absurd, wheeling, madcap satire is gleeful and very funny'
-- Financial Times magazine
`The sheer verve of the ride is hard to resist'
-- Observer, Robert Collins
Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia and proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College, USA. Misha is an American impounded in a Russian's body and the only place he feels at home is New York; he just wants to live in the South Bronx with his 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 (a fictional former Soviet republic), 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.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1862079722
- ISBN 13 9781862079724
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