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The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

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 JRR 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. ...

Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Year of publication:
2008
ISBN:
978-0-571-24123-1
Pages:
335
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Synopsis

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 JRR 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.

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