A hilarious and poignant satire of post-Soviet life from one of America's most outstanding young novelists Meet Misha Vainberg aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, Son of the 1238th richeаумчгst man in Russia and proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College USA Misha is an American impounded in a Russian's body and the only place he feels at home is New York: he just wants to live in the South Bronx with his Latina girlfriend,бддьб but after his gangster father murders an Oklahoma businessman in Russia, all hopes of a IIS visa are lost Salvation lies in the tiny, oil-rich nation of Absurdistan - a fictional former Soviet republic - where a crooked consular officer will sell Misha a Belgian passport But after a civil war breaks out between two competing ethnic groups and a local warlord installs hapless Misha as minister of multicultural affairs, our hero soon finds himself covered in oil fighting for his liботхмfe, falling in love, and trying to figure out if a normal life is still possible in the twenty-first century Автор Гари Штейнгарт Gary Shteyngart.