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Kapitoil: A Novel | Teddy Wayne
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“Teddy Wayne has written a brilliant book. Karim Issar is one of the freshest, funniest heroes I’ve come across in a long time.” — Ben Fountain, bestselling author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara “An innovative and incisive meditation on the wages of corporate greed, the fundamental darkness of its vision lit by the author’s great comic intelligence and wit.” — Kathryn Davis, author of The Thin Place, Hell: A Novel, and Versailles With a fresh and singular voice, Teddy Wayne marks his literary debut with the story of one 26 year old Middle Eastern man’s attempt to live the American Dream in New York City. Like the award-winning Netherland and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Kapitoil provides an absorbing look into American culture and New York finance from an outsider’s perspective.
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I really enjoyed this a fish-out-of-water story (another trope) about Kamil, a young Quatari programmer who comes to NYC to work on the Y2K project of a huge, U.S. multinational financial institution. The is sort of a twist on a fairy tale, but told realistically – and he does have a sweet #officeromance . Kamil is utterly adorable. He is nerdy yet kind and his misunderstandings about American culture are often very funny. #tropesinaugust

Klou Great pick!! 4y
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