The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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347 pages
Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar, his runaway sister Lola, their beautiful mother Belicia, and in th
ISBN: 9780571179558
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Tim Ferriss
Media & Journalism"A fun read with lots of geek culture, great history, and oh, it also won the Pulitzer Prize."
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