Still Failing: Gary Shteyngart Returns

CHF favorite Gary Shteyngart is back for a much anticipated encore. Having traveled the world to promote his best-selling memoir "Little Failure," he brings his inimitable blend of Russian-Jewish ennui, self-deprecating comedy, and literary erudition to Evanston.

This program is generously underwritten by the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies at Northwestern University.

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