# Gary Shteyngart's new novel, "Lake Success"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-shteyngarts-new-novel-lake-success/820822>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-shteyngarts-new-novel-lake-success/820822 "2018-09-05T19:04:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-shteyngarts-new-novel-lake-success/820822/1 "2018-09-05T19:04:37Z")

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I had this pre-ordered on Kindle and have been eagerly awaiting the release for months. Shteyngart is one of my favorites and I killed the book overnight.

My overwhelming feeling is “meh.”

Anybody else read it?