{"product_id":"9781452124094","title":"No Land's Man","description":"\u003cem\u003e\"My father moved our family to the United States because of a word. It was a word whose meaning fascinated him. It was a singularly American word, a fat word, a word that could only be spoken with decadent pride. That word was . . . Brunch!  'The beauty of America,' he would say, 'is they have so much food, that between breakfast and lunch they have to stop and eat again.'\"\u003c\/em\u003e  —from \"International House of Patel\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you're an Indo-Muslim-British-American actor who has spent more time in bars than mosques over the past few decades, turns out it's a little tough to explain who you are or where you are from.  In \u003cem\u003eNo Land's Man\u003c\/em\u003e Aasif Mandvi explores this and other conundrums through stories about his family, ambition, desire, and culture that range from dealing with his brunch-obsessed father, to being a high-school-age Michael Jackson impersonator, to joining a Bible study group in order to seduce a nice Christian girl, to improbably becoming America's favorite Muslim\/Indian\/Arab\/Brown\/Doctor correspondent on \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book filled with passion, discovery, and humor. Mandvi hilariously and poignantly describes a journey that will resonate with anyone who has had to navigate his or her way in the murky space between lands. Or anyone who really loves brunch.","brand":"Chronicle Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155004899568,"sku":"9781452124094","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452124094_p0.jpg?v=1763840848","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452124094","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}