num_pages: 192
description: It always bothered me that Aasif was more than merely funny-he's also a great actor. Now I've learned he's an amazing storyteller as well and I am furious . . . but also grateful. Aasif's movement between cultures and genres is what makes him and his story singularly funny poignant and essential.- John Hodgman author of The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You RequireMy father moved our family to the United States because of a word. It was a word whose meaning fascinated him. It was a singularly American word a fat word a word that could only be spoken with decadent pride. That word was . . . Brunch! 'The beauty of America' he would say 'is they have so much food that between breakfast and lunch they have to stop and eat again.' from International House of PatelIf you're an Indo-Muslim-British-American actor who has spent more time in bars than mosques over the past few decades turns out it's a little tough to explain who you are or where you are from. In No Land's Man Aasif Mandvi explores this and other conundrums through stories about his family ambition desire and culture that range from dealing with his brunch-obsessed father to being a high-school-age Michael Jackson impersonator to joining a Bible study group in order to seduce a nice Christian girl to improbably becoming America's favorite Muslim/Indian/Arab/Brown/Doctor correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.This is a book filled with passion discovery and humor. Mandvi hilariously and poignantly describes a journey that will resonate with anyone who has had to navigate his or her way in the murky space between lands. Or anyone who really loves brunch.
language: English
title: No Land's Man
publisher: Chronicle Books