Word: hometowner
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...Hometown: Silver Spring...
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...Hometown: St. Louis, Miss., New York...
Concentration: Applied mathematics and philosophy. Hometown: Prague, Czech Republic...
...very small country.” In “Absurdistan,” which was named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times, Misha Vainberg, the 325-pound son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, travels from his hometown of St. Leninsburg to New York and then to the titular country in search of his father’s love, a U.S. visa, excessive amounts of exotic food, and eventually, his own identity. After reading aloud an excerpt about Misha’s first trip to New York and circumcision...