{"product_id":"9780062909848","title":"Open Mic Night in Moscow: And Other Stories from My Search for Black Markets, Soviet Architecture, and Emotionally Unavailable Russian Men","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMurray, Audrey\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWilliam Morrow Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe raucous and surprisingly poignant story of a young, Russia-obsessed American writer and comedian who embarked on a solo tour of the former Soviet Republics, never imagining that it would involve kidnappers, garbage bags of money, and encounters with the weird and wonderful from Mongolia to Tajikistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazakhstan, Belarus, and Siberia are not the typical tourist destinations of a twenty-something, nor the places one usually goes to eat, pray, and\/or love. But the mix of imperial Russian opulence and Soviet decay, and the allure of emotionally unavailable Russian men proved strangely irresistible to comedian Audrey Murray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt age twenty-eight, while her friends were settling into corporate jobs and serious relationships, Audrey was on a one-way flight to Kazakhstan, the first leg of a nine-month solo voyage through the former USSR. A blend of memoir and offbeat travel guide, this thoughtful, hilarious catalog of a young comedian’s adventures is also a diary of her emotional discoveries about home, love, patriotism, loneliness, and independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes surprising, often disconcerting, and always entertaining, Open Mic Night in Moscow will inspire you to take the leap and embark on your own journey into the unknown. And, if you want to visit Chernobyl by way of an insane-asylum-themed bar in Kiev, Audrey can assure you that there’s no other guidebook out there. (She’s looked.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Quarter-Life Crisis Abroad:\u003c\/b\u003e While her friends were getting married and climbing corporate ladders, Audrey was on a one-way flight to Kazakhstan with a vague plan and an obsession with emotionally unavailable men.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Comedian's Memoir:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow a young comedian’s solo tour of the former USSR, where the gigs include opening for a meditative drum circle and explaining stand-up to a confused audience in Kazakhstan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Offbeat Travelogue:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the kind of guidebook that tells you how to visit Chernobyl, camp beside the Door to Hell in Turkmenistan, and survive a month on the Trans-Siberian Railway.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Wild Solo Adventure:\u003c\/b\u003e It's a nine-month voyage that goes off the rails with kidnappers in Turkmenistan, garbage bags full of black-market cash, and one very real possibility of being taken in by the secret police.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011516514559,"sku":"9780062909848","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062909848_s600x595.jpg?v=1780334402","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780062909848","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}