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Aasif Mandvi with Ayad Akhtar- In Conversation

Aasif Mandvi with Ayad Akhtar- In Conversation

When

01/23/2015    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Where

BookCourt
163 Court St , Brooklyn, NY

Event Type

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Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi discusses his new book No Land’s Man with Pulitzer-Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced)

On the Docket:
Reading
Audience Q&A
Book Signing

From the Publisher:

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.

http://bookcourt.com/events/aasif-mandvi-ayad-akthar