Overview

Aasif Mandvi, an Indian-American best known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show, has been dealing with his personal identity issues across three continents and forty years. With wit, smarts, and a good dose of hard-earned perspective, Mandvi shares his journey from battling bullies and idealizing the Fonz as a child in England to becoming a teenage Michael Jackson impersonator in Tampa, Florida and playing snake charmers, taxi drivers and eventually a fake journalist as an actor in New York, where he was even once told that he wasn't 'Indian' enough for a role. A mix of humorous stories, heartfelt observations, and misfit mayhem, No Land's Man is a laughout-our-loud account of a second-generation immigrant's search for meaning and identity in an increasingly confusing world.

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9781452145327

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a warm and explosively funny book - The New York Times

We need more books like this - or rather, we need to read more books like this - in order to understand the fundamental humanity that we all share, regardless of skin color. -Daily Kos

Author Information

Aasif Mandvi is an Indian-American actor and writer. He has been a regular correspondent on The Daily Show (USA) since 2006. Mandvi has appeared in numerous film and television productions, including Today's Special, which he co-wrote. He was the recipient of a 1999 Obie Award for his critically acclaimed one-man show Sakina's Restaurant. He lives in New York City.

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