Gary Shteyngart is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR (he alternately calls it “St. Leningrad” or “St. Leninsburg”). Much of his work is satirical and relies on the invention of elaborately fictitious yet somehow familiar places and times.
His first novel, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook (2002), received the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award.
Books in order of publication:
The Russian Debutante’s Handbook – 2002
Absurdistan – 2007
Super Sad True Love Story – 2010
Little Failure – 2014
Lake Success – 2018
Our Country Friends – 2021
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