<p><p>gary Shteyngart, Author Of The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Creates A Compelling Reality In This Tale About An Illiterate America In The Not-too-distant Future. Lenny Abramov May Just Be Penning The World's Last Diary. Which Is Good, Because While Falling In Love With A Rather Unpleasant Woman And Witnessing The Fall Of A Great Empire, Lenny Has A Lot To Write About.</p><h3>the Barnes & Noble Review</h3><p><p><em>super Sad True Love Story</em> Is An Achievement. The Author Manages At Once To Satirize The Grotesqueries Of Our Era, Our Hubris And Our Excess, While Sustaining An Intense Pathos For The Individuals Forced To Bear The Fallout, As The Best Satires Do. Shteyngart Is A Great Writer, But Only A Very Good Novelist, And One Hopes He Will Soon Get The Broad Architecture Of His Novels To Match The Sophistication Of The Characters Who Populate Them.</p></p>