Waiting for the Electricity

“This book is a triumphant, sustained, comic performance. I can’t recall a contemporary American novel anywhere near as funny.” —Norman Rush
A Wall Street Journal Best Fiction Book of 2014!
An exciting and hilarious debut novel: a remarkable picaresque set in post-Soviet Georgia—land of corruption, love, and power shortages
In the republic of Georgia, the Communists are long gone, replaced by . . . well, by what? Something much more confusing. There are no jobs in the cities. And when t…