The Russian Debutante’s Handbook

Gary Shteyngart

2002

“Dearest Volodechka!” Mother shouted. “Happy birthday…! Happy new beginning…! Your father and I wish you a brilliant future…! Much success…! You’re a talented young man…! The economy’s improving…! We gave you all our love as a child…! Everything we had, to the very last…!”

Vladimir turned down the volume on the headset. He knew what was coming, and…

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Creator Bio

Gary Shteyngart

b. 1972

Born in Leningrad and now living in the United States, Gary Shteyngart is a novelist whose often satiric works portray the immigrant experience. Shteyngart has taught writing at Hunter College and Columbia University. He received the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award.

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