Gary Shteyngart
ABSURDISTAN
PROLOGUE
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Where I’m Calling From
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The Night in Question
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Dedications
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Who Killed Beloved Papa?
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Rouenna
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Among the Merry Mourners
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Beloved Papa Is Lowered into the Ground
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Rouenna in Russia
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Only Therapy Can Save Vainberg Now
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One Day in the Life of Misha Borisovich
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porkyrussianlover@heartache.com
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Lyuba Vainberg Invites Me to Tea
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Everything Has Its Limits
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Misha the Bear Takes to the Air
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The Norway of the Caspian
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Golly Burton, Golly Burton
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Gimme Freedom!
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King Leopold’s Belgian Congo
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To the Hyatt Station
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My Gray Reptile Heart
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The American Gambit
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The School of Gentle Persuasion
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My Nana
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The Sevo Vatican
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Why the Sevo and Svanï Don’t Get Along
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A Sturgeon for Misha
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Food, Decor, Service
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The Men from SCROD
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Dead Democrats
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Bad Manservant
30
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A Sophisticate and a Melancholic No Longer
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The KBR Luau
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The Commissar of Multicultural Affairs
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Ideas Away
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The Situation Worries Me
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A Modest Proposal
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Comidas Criollas
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The End
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My Mother Will Be Your Mother
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Living in Shit
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Talking to Israel
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Birds of Prey
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Saltines and Fresca
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The Faith of My Fathers
EPILOGUE
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The Corner of 173rd Street and Vyse
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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About the Author
ALSO BY GARY SHTEYNGART
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