How To Get Into the Twin Palms Author:Karolina Waclawiak "A taut debut... [that] strikes with the creeping suddenness of a brush fire." — -Publishers Weekly (*starred*) — "Waclawiak takes the immigrant novel and spins it on its head. A great addition to 1.5 generation literature, beautifully written, funny and touching." — -Gary Shteyngart — How to Get Into the Twin Palms is the story of Anya, a young wom... more »an living alone in a Russian neighborhood in Los Angeles, who struggles to retain her parents' Polish culture while trying to assimilate into her newly adopted community.
Anya stalks the nearby Twin Palms nightclub, the pinnacle of exclusivity in the Russian community. Desperate not only to gain entrance into the club but to belong there, Anya begins a perilous pursuit for Lev, a Russian gangster who frequents the seemingly impenetrable world of the Twin Palms.
Karolina Waclawiak received her MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. She is Deputy Editor of The Believer and lives and writes in Brooklyn.« less