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Misha Vainberg, a young fat rich Russian 'migr', finds himself trapped in his hated homeland, exiled from his ghetto girlfriend Rouenna and all the glorious excesses of New York City. His quest for a U.S. visa takes him to Absurdistan...

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"Spectacular."—NPR • "Uproariously funny."—The Boston Globe • "An artistic triumph."—San Francisco Chronicle • "A novel in which comedy and pathos are exquisitely balanced."—Th...

Vladimir Girshkin, the son in a Russian family in New York City in 1993, is forced to leave town when he gets into trouble with a drug dealer. He escapes to the Eastern European city of Prava (the creation of the author), where he is ...