Gary Shteyngart writes so many book-sleeve blurbs that there’s an entire Tumblr page devoted to his praises. See what people are saying about his new memoir and get a discounted copy at his book reading in Clinton Hill on Jan. 8. Photo: Brigitte Lacombe/Random House
Here’s your opportunity to get up close and really personal with the much loved Gary Shteyngart, as he promotes his new memoir, Little Failure, at St. Joseph’s College on Wednesday. The New York Times bestseller (The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, Absurdistan, Super Sad True Love Story) is the latest creative to be celebrated in the Brooklyn Voices series in partnership with Greenlight Bookstore’s offsite events–and his new work is on our list of books to hibernate with this winter. See if he holds anything back–apparently the book delves into his time in Leningrad and his drinking problem, though we’ve been told it’s far funnier than these two topics might suggest. A $25 ticket gets you in the door and a signed copy of Shteyngart’s memoir (that’s 15% off the book’s cover price).
