The Russian Debutante’s Handbook
On the advice of Maciej Ceglowski, who recommended a variety of Eastern European novels to his readers, I’m reading Gary Shteyngart’s The Russian Debutante’s Handbook.
Reading fiction like this is totally outside of my standard fare, but I found it rather hard to put down last night. [I only succumbed because it was late, I was tired, and it was delightfully cold in my house, the kind of cold that begs one to throw the covers overhead and coccoon oneself into the night.
The only weird thing for me is that I keep imagining Shteyngart’s Vladimir to be like my friend Daniel Khaykis … which just isn’t fair. It is, however, amusing…
Posted November 19th, 2005 in Booklogging by Geof F. Morris.
Reader Participation!
Dear Reader: I can’t decide which book I should attempt to tackle next. After polishing off the wonderfulness that was Shteyngart’s The Russian Debutante’s Handbook on Saturday—it was so good, I might even attempt to revie…
November 27th, 2005 at 20:56Hmmm… from Amazon blurb of the book, i’m uncertain what I could POSSIBLY have in common – other than the country of origin – with the Vladimir guy. Either the blurb is way off,
December 14th, 2005 at 02:14or I’m missing something important (working 13-hour days almost continuously may have that effect
Look who self-Googled!
You really have nothing at all in common with Vladimir, man.
December 14th, 2005 at 07:42