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Gary Shteyngart is a critical darling: His first three books, The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Absurdistan, and Super Sad True Love Story (besides all having amazing titles) have each been highly praised, and he was named one of The New Yorker magazine's "20 Under 40" fiction writers. Michiko Kakutani, writing in The New York Times, called Shteyngart "one of his generation's most original and exhilarating writers." His new memoir, Little Failure, is an epic but intimate account of the immigrant experience (Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and moved to America at the age of 7). The book is a quintessential blend of satire and humorous self-deprecation. For example: newly arrived, long-impoverished, and ecstatic to have won the Publisher's Clearing House, his family argues among themselves about whether the prize has to come with the German-made Mercedes featured in the "award" letter. Premium tickets, at $45, include a copy of the book.
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