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Product details
- ISBN 9781452107912
- Weight: 420g
- Dimensions: 158 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 04 Nov 2014
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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It always bothered me that Aasif was more than merely funny-he's also a great actor. Now I've learned he's an amazing storyteller as well, and I am furious . . . but also grateful. Aasif's movement between cultures and genres is what makes him and his story singularly funny, poignant, and essential."
- John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require
"My father moved our family to the United States because of a word. It was a word whose meaning fascinated him. It was a singularly American word, a fat word, a word that could only be spoken with decadent pride. That word was . . . Brunch! 'The beauty of America,' he would say, 'is they have so much food, that between breakfast and lunch they have to stop and eat again.'" -from "International House of Patel"
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."
Aasif Mandvi is a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which has a current viewer ship of 1.5 million people nightly. As a writer, Aasif Mandvi is the recipient of the 1999 Obie award for his critically acclaimed play, Sakina's Restaurant, which was performed and conceived by Mandvi as a one man show and his feature film, Today's Special, which was released in theaters in America. You can see Mandvi's reel at www.aasifmandvi.com.
