The Russian Debutante's Handbook - Hardcover

Shteyngart, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573222135 ISBN 13: 9781573222136

Publisher: Riverhead Books, 1900

Synopsis

In a novel about being an outsider in America and what it means to be an American, Vladimir, a young Russian-American immigrant, pursues his dreams of success, wealth, and a girlfriend, as his quest takes him deep into uncharted territory. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

A brilliant, funny debut describing the vicissitudes of immigration today, as experienced by the hero, a young Russian-American. -- Harper's Bazaar

A brilliantly funny series of escapades... Witty, inventive and fast-moving... a triumph -- Daily Telegraph

A stylish writer, adept at sentences that combine sensitivity of observation with great comic timing. -- New York Observer

An adventurous, hilarious narrative ... Shteyngart is a supremely talented, funny and original writer -- Guardian

An effortless blend of mile-a-minute slapstick with serious stuff about identity, love and location. Exhilarating -- FHM

By turns ironic and earnest, farcical and melancholy ... as deadpan funny as the young Evelyn Waugh -- New York Times

Energetic, sparkling...impressive. -- Los Angeles Times

Few novels can claim to be as funny as this ... dizzy pacing and satiric acidity reminiscent of Bulgakov -- New York Magazine

Rowdy, ribald, funny ... superb ... an acute, accurate, intelligent look at America in the nineties -- Esquire

About the Author:

Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad, USSR, in 1972, and came to the United States seven years later.

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication date: 1900
• ISBN 10: 1573222135
• ISBN 13: 9781573222136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 452