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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Author(s): Junot Díaz

Location(s): New Jersey

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Contemporary

A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar’s sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love.

With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family’s uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back.

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