Misha's father is killed by a fellow oligarch. This strands Misha in his native Saint Petersburg (which he nostalgically refers to as "St. She now attends Hunter College, at Misha's expense.Īfter Misha's father kills a prominent Oklahoma businessman, the INS bars the entire Vainberg family from entry into the United States. (The college resembles Oberlin College, which Shteyngart attended, while its name "Accidental" is a play on the name of Occidental College.) Misha is desperate to return to his true love, Rouenna, whom he met while she was working at a "titty bar". Misha is known as "Snack Daddy" from his days at Accidental College, a school in the Midwestern U.S. It chronicles the adventures of Misha Vainberg, the 325-pound son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, as he struggles to return to his true love in the South Bronx. Absurdistan is a 2006 novel by Gary Shteyngart.
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