Day 20: Soviet immigrant crap lit

Is there any book written by a Soviet immigrant of my generation that's actually worth reading?

It’s day 20 of the COVID-19 lockdown here in Los Angeles. It’s raining outside, and earlier today Evgenia spotted a coyote. I’ve been surfing the web and saw that the New Yorker published an excerpt from a new memoir by a Soviet immigrant. The author’s name is Alex Halberstadt. His book: Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning.

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