{"product_id":"absurdistan-paperback","title":"Absurdistan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Shteyngart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAbsurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a hilarious novel, but a record of a particular peak in the history of human folly. No one is more capable of dealing with the transition from the hell of socialism to the hell of capitalism in Eastern Europe than Shteyngart, the great-great grandson of one Nikolai Gogol and the funniest foreigner alive.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Aleksandar Hemon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Russian Debutante's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e comes the uproarious and poignant story of one very fat man and one very small country\u003cbr\u003eMeet 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.\u003cbr\u003eSalvation 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. \u003cbr\u003eWith the enormous success of\u003ci\u003e The Russian Debutante's Handbook, \u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003ci\u003e The New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e. In\u003ci\u003e Absurdistan, \u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Shteyngart\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eLittle Failure \u003c\/i\u003e(a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist) and the novels \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize), \u003ci\u003e Absurdistan, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Debutante's Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHis books regularly appear on best-of lists around the world and have been published in thirty countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228945531129,"sku":"9780812971675","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SmpVQmFOOVNDMElndkw2bWphOE5RZz09.webp?v=1768296757","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/absurdistan-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}