95bFM's Loose Reads: A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen

One of the hardest requests booksellers get is for funny books! On 95bFM’s Loose Reads, Kiran reviewed A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen. It’s a hilarious novel about a failing academic named Andrei. He’s just split up with his girlfriend and moves from New York to Moscow to look after his ageing grandmother Seva, who is about to turn 90 and has accelerating dementia. This book is also packed with Russian history and politics and is super entertaining.
If you loved Olga Tokarczk’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead you’ll love this!