Much of his work is satirical. Interview: Gary Shteyngart Best-selling author who misses being a failure Gary Shteyngart: “I’ve never met anyone who had a good Hebrew school experience” Gary Shteyngart (English: / ˈ ʃ t aɪ n ɡ ɑːr t /; born July 5, 1972) is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR. Contents By … Much of his work is satirical.

Gary Shteyngart’s new novel, “Absurdistan,” comes out May 9, published by Random House. About the Gary Shteyngart Interview. Gary Shteyngart’s fourth novel, Lake Success, is a meditation on what it means to be middle-aged, and how the intrinsic values of love, responsibility, parenthood, and family shift accordingly.Shteyngart’s past work has great interest in what it means to be an immigrant and first generation American in a capitalist society, but Lake Success concerns itself with more insular themes. Hi, I'm Gary Shteyngart, author of a bunch of books, the novels Russian Debutante's Handbook, Absurdistan and Super Sad True Love Story and the latest is a memoir called Little Failure. Gary Shteyngart on his new book, which explores the self-delusion of Wall Street bankers Shteyngart wants people who work in finance to read this book. A Conversation with Gary Shteyngart Shteyngart was born in Leningrad, USSR, in 1972 and emigrated with his family to Queens, New York, at the age of seven.