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Gary Shteyngart, the absurdist behind Absurdistan, gives us a dystopic world whose citizens are obsessed with digital media, their credit scores and living forever. It's funny with a side of bleakly familiar. But if love can't find a way among these ruins, it's not for lack of trying.