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   The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author:    Junot Diaz
ISBN:    9780571179558
ISBN-10:    057117955X
Publisher:    Faber and Faber
Date Published:    21/02/2008
Format:    Paperback Book
Pages:    352
Language:    English
RRP: $32.95
Price: $29.66

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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 Diaz 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. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Diaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.


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