Episode 66: “Russia With Love (Nesting Dolls),” or Gary Shteyngart’s Our Country Friends Part I Gary Schteyngart’s 2021 pandemic novel is overtly Chekhovian, and the lads love it. A group of friends and family gather in the Hudson valley during the 2020 pandemic leading to betrayals, love tri…

On the current #Uppermiddlebrow, we dig into Gary Shteyngart's overtly Chekhovian novel, #OurCountryFriends. And... we love it!