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Kristin
In many ways, the book was extremely clever and witty (especially all the jabs at the Turks!), but the pacing just felt really off to me. Majority of the book takes place in Batumi but the middle section is set in California after the main character Slims wins a fellowship to study business entrepreneurship. Still, I could never pass up a book with a title like this! Picked it up at Prospero's Books in Tbilisi. ...more
Chris Hammer
Jul 22, 2015 marked it as to-read
Lisa Rosen
Aug 30, 2017 marked it as to-read