Title
No land's man / Aasif Mandvi.
ISBN
9781452107912 hardcover
1452107912 hardcover
Published
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2014.
Language
English
Description
191 p. ; 21 cm
Call Number
PN2287.M2695 A3 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
304.873
Summary
"If 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."
Welcome home: the return
Better than Fonz
Curry pot cowboy
The ledge
International House of Patel
Welcome home: the train
No land's man: Becoming Aaseeeef
No land's man: You can't be Michael Jackson all the time
Born again
The chili pepper
Love, Indian-American style
Welcome home: the empty space
Patanking
Movie star
Brooke and Monday-wala
The jihadist of irony.
