'Super Sad True Love Story' by Gary Shteyngart - Book Club Discussion Questions

Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart is a satiric look into the near-future of America. Imagine a world where electronic communication has nearly replaced face-to-face interaction and where political and economic instability have overtaken the country like a disease. Use these book club discussion questions on Super Sad True Love Story to lead your book club into the novel.

Spoiler Warning: These book club discussion questions on Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart contain details about the book. Finish the book before reading on.

1. In what ways did you think this love story was super sad?
2. Did you have a favorite character? A least favorite?
3. Who do you think was teening Lenny from Nettie Fine's account?
4. Which aspects of this satire were particularly spot-on to you? Which were the most frightening?
5. Does the idea of dechronification treatments and immortality appeal to you? If you had the money and lived in the "Super Sad" world, would you apply to be a client of Post-Human Services?
6. In a July 2010 article for The New York Times, Gary Shteyngart tells us he actually has to escape to a place without cell phone service to read and write, that even he, an author and reader of "long-form texts," is not immune to the tyranny of instant and constant connectivity. Does this concern you? How likely is it that we are truly heading into a post-literate age where books are seen as ridiculous and smelly artifacts?