Super Sad True Love Story's all-too-imaginable dystopia.
by Alison Hallett
"GARY SHTEYNGART = DUMBSHIT. OH WOW, YOUR DYSTOPIAN SATIRE HAS CHINA SURPASSING USA AND EVERYONE ADDICTED TO IPODS. REAL FUCKING IMAGINATIVE"—@LitCritHulk on Twitter. I realize that opening a book review with a quote from a Twitter critic whose gimmick is impersonating a Marvel superhero serves as de facto validation of any amount of hand-wringing about the decline of print culture. However, LitCritHulk has a point, at least when it comes to the setting of Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love…
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