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Gary Shteyngart Reads Weike Wang

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Importance of a Pairing Knife

He was one of these people, the kind to look at an Excel spreadsheet and squint. She would frequently wonder but never ask if he had looked for a job as diligently as she had. The Internet said that New Yorkers were tough and could probably handle anything. But the Internet also said to avoid the angriest of New Yorkers during rush hour, try 5 a.m.

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