The Collected Blurbs of Gary Shteyngart

Terms of Service by Jacob Silverman

“When I started reading Jacob Silverman’s Terms of Service I wanted to tweet all about this brilliant new book. By the time I finished, I couldn’t tweet for the rest of the day. Silverman will redefine how you look at social media.”
—Gary Shteyngart

Girl at War by Sara Novic

“An unforgettable portrait of how war forever changes the life of the individual, Girl at War is a remarkable debut by a writer working with deep reserves of talent, heart, and mind.”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Super Sad True Love Story

The Other Language by Francesca Marciano

“You hold in your hands 304 pages of dynamite. These stories are worldly, political, and funny to boot. I’ve loved Marciano’s writing since her first novel, Rules of the Wild—but I am completely hot for The Other Language.” —Gary Shteyngart

O’Africa! by Andrew Lewis Conn

“Andrew Lewis Conn has written a strange, cool, hilarious and oddly moving masterpiece. DeLillo and Bellow have both sunk roots into Conn’s prose, but the results are uniquely his own. O Africa! is a thing of wonder.”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story

Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn

“There is no finer guide to the American berserk than Walter Kirn.”
—Gary Shteyngart

The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov

“A touching and hilarious chronicle about the age-old European yearning for one more chance. A chance that may never come …”
—Gary Shteyngart

Vintage Attraction by Charles Blackstone

“If you like pugs, wine, and Greece, Vintage Attraction is for you. It’s so post-post-modern it’s almost pre-modern. I read it on a stone tablet and loved every word.”

– Gary Shteyngart

Why I Killed My Best Friend by Amanda Michalopoulou

“Flawlessly translated, Amanda Michalopolou’s WIKMBF uses the backdrop of Greek politics, radical protests, and the art world to explore the dangers and joys that come with BFFs. Or, as the narrator puts it, ‘odiodsamato,’ which translates roughly as 'frienemies.’”
—Gary Shteyngart

Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality by John Schwartz

“Oddly Normal is a funny, touching and indispensible book. Moving as well as buoyant, it will give parents of gay children a great deal of hope.”
—Gary Shteyngart

The Nostalgist by Griffin Hansbury

“[The] Nostalgist is the most important book to come out of the Isle of Man last year! It kept me up all night.”
–Gary Shteyngart

The City of Devi by Manil Suri

“The City of Devi is so exuberant and sexy, one may wish to purchase a prophylactic alongside it. When the world comes to an end, I will spend my last days in Mumbai clutching a copy of Manil Suri’s dazzling epic.”
–Gary Shteyngart

You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames

Broken Piano for President by Patrick Wensink

“I like Patrick Wensink’s work so much my heart had to issue its own cease-and-desist order.”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story

Equilateral by Ken Kalfus

“When a new Ken Kalfus novel appears I stop eating, drinking, shaving, and breathing until I finish it. Equilateral is one of his smartest and most ambitious books yet. It left me thinking and wondering well past my bedtime.”
—Gary Shteyngart