The Russian Debutante’s Handbook

The Russian Debutante’s Handbook

  • by Gary Shteyngart
  • Narrated by Adam Grupper
  • 15 hrs and 46 mins
  • Unabridged Audiobook
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Best-selling author Gary Shteyngart’s exquisite fiction is met with a level of critical acclaim reserved for the very best in the field. In this startlingly provocative work, Russian immigrant Vladimir Girshkin searches for love and self-identity while interacting with a quirky set of acquaintances.

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What the Critics Say

"Rowdy, ribald, funny...this superb debut [is] the real thing." (Esquire)
"As attuned to the exhilarating possibilities of the language as Martin Amis, as deadpan and funny as the young Evelyn Waugh." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)
"In Vladimir Girshkin, the wisecracking, lovelorn, desperately self-reinventing protagonist, Shteyngart has given us a literary symbol for this new immigrant age, much as Saul Bellow or Henry Roth did in theirs..." (Chris Lehmann, The Washington Post)

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Don't Let the Title Fool You

Attention fans of the bodice ripper -- this is NOT historical fiction. If you are looking for petticoats and princes this is not for you. It's also NOT a romance, although there is a lot of sex.

I know it's very stylish to adore this genre of fiction, gritty and surreal. I found the main character in turns boring and annoying. Clearly many people are quite enthralled with this author - who am I to quibble?

Still I would like a book to educate me, challenge me or entertain me. Like a good Russian novel, this one mostly depressed me.

Despite all that, there is much craft here; well-writen and very nicely performed by Adam Grupper. Before you buy, just know -- it's for an acquired kind of taste.



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- Loretta R. Cooper

Book Details

  • Release Date: 02-23-2012
  • Publisher: Recorded Books
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