num_pages: 464
description: Vladimir is a young Russian-American immigrant whose capitalist dreams and desire for a girlfriend lead him off the straight and narrow into uncharted territory. From the dreary confines of New York City's Emma Lazarus Immigrant Absorption Society to the hip frontier wilderness of Prava - the Eastern European Paris of the nineties, whose grand and glorious beauty is marred only by the shadow of the looming statue of Stalin's foot - The Russian Debutante's Handbook is a hilarious, extravagant, yet uncannily true to life adventure.
language: English
title: The Russian Debutante's Handbook
titlecomplete: The Russian Debutante's Handbook
characters: Vladimir Girshkin
genres: Jewish, American, Russia, New York, Unfinished, Novels, Literature, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 7090
places: New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Jewish Book Award
category: Fiction, name: Stephen Crane Award
category: First Fiction
publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks