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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
After I read Prague, I read The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart. Instead of being told from the perspective of whiney annoying 20-something American expats, it is told from the perspective of someone who makes fun of whiney annoying 20-something American expats.
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Simply because of one sentence in that ridiculous Amazon review ("For who would not love the good and unaffected, in the confusion, opportunism, and irony that characterize fin-de-siècle Europe?"), I would avoid
Prague (the book, not the city, in case the italics don't make it clear) ... say it with me now ... you know you want to ...
like the Plague!!!!
