
2025-07-28 19:10:31
Shteyngart’s novel, we come to realise, plays out a decade from now, in a “post-democracy” USA
where red state officials monitor menstrual cycles,
self-driving cars shop their owners to the feds
and the news platforms are abuzz with Russian disinformation.
Desperate to redeem herself at school, Vera prepares to debate in support of the proposed “Five-Three Amendment”,
a piece of racist legislation that would grant added voting weight to those “exceptional Amer…