No land's man / by Aasif Mandvi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandvi, Aasif, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mandvi, Aasif, 1966---Anecdotes.

Mandvi, Aasif.

Mandvi, Aasif, 1966-.

Identity (Psychology).

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

191 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2014]

Summary:

"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."

Contents:

Welcome home: the return

Better than Fonz

Curry pot cowboy

The ledge

International House of Patel

Welcome home: the train

No land's man: Becoming Aaseeeef

No land's man: You can't be Michael Jackson all the time

Born again

The chili pepper

Love, Indian-American style

Welcome home: the empty space

Patanking

Movie star

Brooke and Monday-wala

The jihadist of irony.

ISBN:

1452107912

OCLC:

890394116

Publisher Number:

99962880616