“The abiding miracle of Shteyngart’s work is that it seems just as timely as a Shouts & Murmurs gag in this week’s New Yorker while staying fixed to the timeless absurdity of human life. That dexterity speaks to the range of his sympathy and the depth of his attention.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
“A sardonic tragicomedy about an anxiety-ridden little girl on a quest to uncover where she really came from.”—Time
“A hilarious book.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Vera glitters with irony, rich as buttercream frosting, and flavorful notes of hope . . . Shteyngart keeps it light until he doesn’t. The sudden twist is well worth Vera’s journey—and ours.”—Los Angeles Review of Books
“With echoes of Henry James’s What Maisie Knew, Shteyngart returns with a poignant and biting novel told through the eyes of a precocious child, Vera.”—The Boston Globe
“Shteyngart’s novels are never to be missed, and this one is a timely, emotional look at what our country is on the verge of becoming.”—Town & Country
“When cracking open a Gary Shteyngart novel, you know you’re in for a good time . . . Prescient, comical, and endearing, Shteyngart delivers a dystopian novel, for once, that won’t make you feel too terrible about the future.”—Marie Claire
“This is my favorite Gary Shteyngart novel ever.”—Newsday
“Gary Shteyngart has done it again. . . . 10-year-old narrator Vera Bradford-Shmulkin is so brilliant, funny, and relatably anxious that, through her, we might become receptive to new and necessary understandings of dystopia.”—Bustle
“Combining deep humanity with Gary Shteyngart’s customary intelligence and wit, Vera, or Faith is a reminder of why he’s a writer whose works are good ones to keep close at hand in challenging times.”—Shelf Awareness
“The clever satire, sociopolitical skewering, and nimble wordplay are quintessential Shteyngart. This is another winner from a distinctive voice.”—Booklist
“Shteyngart’s work is always saturated with humor and heart, and his latest novel offers a new perspective on one of literature’s most prominent subjects: How can a family survive in America?”—Vulture
“an unnerving—and very funny—portrait of America in the near future and an indelible portrait of its ten-year-old heroine, and attests to Shteyngart’s magic ability to write in multiple emotional octaves and his gift for both sharp-edged humor and heartfelt tenderness.”—Michiko Kakutani, author of The Great Wave
“In its swirls of emotion, its humor, its pathos, and the unsparing humanity of its vision, Vera, or Faith is like some fabulous, hitherto-unknown creature that’s been let out of its bottle and set free. It begins to seem that there’s nothing Gary Shteyngart can’t do.”—Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Day and The Hours
“Vera, or Faith is very funny, very sad, very sharp, and completely delightful—peak Shteyngart!”—Elif Batuman, Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Idiot
“A novel that you can read in one sitting that will stay with you forever . . . Vera instantly became one of my favorite child narrators, and her lucid bewilderment is by turns poignant, funny, and wise.”—Karen Russell, Pulitzer Prize finalist for Swamplandia!
“Irresistible . . . I loved it.”—Ed Park, Pulitzer Prize finalist for Same Bed Different Dreams
“Shteyngart has outdone himself with the charming, hilarious, and deeply moving Vera, or Faith. She’s easily one of my favorite characters in fiction, and this is now one of my favorite novels.”—Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls
“A beautiful, extraordinary, completely brilliant book that is so humane it makes me feel more human.”—Joe Weisberg, creator of The Americans
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