Actor, artist and author Rajiv Surendra will sign and discuss his new memoir, “The Elephants in My Backyard.”

What happens when you spend ten years obsessively pursuing a dream, and then, in the blink of an eye, you learn that you have failed, that the dream will not come true? When Rajiv Surendra (best known as Kevin G, the rapping mathlete from “Mean Girls”) read Life of Pi and discovered it was being adapted into a major motion picture, he embarked on a ten-year quest to land the lead role—then didn’t get the part. A first memoir, illustrated by Rajiv himself, “The Elephants in My Backyard” is a profound and inspiring story of self-discovery in the face of failure—poignant, funny, colorful and absolutely unforgettable.

This event is free and open to the public, but proof of purchase of “The Elephants in My Backyard” from Left Bank Books will be required to enter the signing line.