The Collected Blurbs of Gary Shteyngart

The Festival of Earthly Delights by Matt Dojny

“If Puchai were a real country, I’d be a citizen by now, or at least an illegal alien. What a glorious novel!”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story

A Tweet by Simon Montefiore

A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful by Gideon Lewis-Kraus

I Am an Executioner by Rajesh Parmeswaran

“I Am an Executioner gets the pulse racing from word one. I love Rajesh because his last name is even more impossible than my own, and because he has redefined the American short story for me. Bravo!”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story 

The World Without You by Joshua Henkin

“This book is witty and wise, poignant and heartfelt. The 4th of July will never be the same for me, nor for my fellow Americans. I can’t imagine a world without Joshua Henkin.”
—Gary Shteyngart

Reading Series at Pete’s Candy Store

“The most intimate reading space in Brooklyn. Think of a fine pre-war dining car with an endless supply of booze.”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook

Vacation by Deb Olin Unferth

“Wonderful, addictive prose. Ms. Unferth sure knows how to turn a phrase and it’s a delight to follow her across the American landscape.”
—Gary Shteyngart

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

“A startling, necessary novel. Dinaw Mengestu’s vision of America is clear and precise, opening our eyes to the country we inhabit, for better and for worse.”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan and The Russian Debutante’s Handbook 

Crossing California by Adam Langer

“A work of unusual mastery, compassion, insight and wit.  What is exciting about Crossing California is not merely the scope of Adam Langer’s literary ambitions, but the generous ways in which he fulfills them.”
—Gary Shteyngart 

A Changed Man by Francine Prose

“Here is a novel that captures America at its most hilarious and dreadful.  Here are characters as richly drawn as any in our fiction to date.  And here is a work filled with such keen detail and emotional resonance that every page is a revelation.  Come see why Francine Prose is one of a handful of truly indispensable American writers.”
—Gary Shteyngart 

The Scenic Route by Binnie Kirshenbaum

“Kirshenbaum is a fearlessly unsentimental storyteller, a gifted comic writer, and a thoughtful archeologist of family life.”
—Gary Shteyngart

Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy

“Beautifully written, atmospheric…contains entire worlds.  I couldn’t put it down.”
—Gary Shteyngart 

A Vindication of Love by Cristina Nehring

“This is the most intrepid, original, and enjoyable book on love to come out of a shiksa in twenty-five hundred years.  Invigorating, life-affirming, toughly argued, and deeply felt.”
—Gary Shteyngart 

Flatscreen by Adam Wilson

“OMFG, I nearly up and died from laughter when I read Flatscreen. This is the novel that every young turk will be reading on their way to a job they hate and are in fact too smart for.”
—Gary Shteyngart