Recently finished a very interesting book, "Russian Debutante's Handbook." Actually met with the author and had my copy signed. It's basically about the identity crisis of "typical American young adults" who have been born in former sovok and brought to the States by their parents in preteen and teen years. Most of us finished very prestigious colleges and universities and have acquired quite respectable careers. However, we we don't feel either American or Russian or any other one-word nationality. This was sort of a topic of my college thesis, which I never quite finished.

Anyway the book has some plot ideas that are a bit "out there," but the characters are very true to life. I also thought the language of the work was great. I heard it's currently being translated into 7 languages, Russian being one of them.