false 297673 1594489580 9781594489587 21482 5372 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571633m/297673.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297673.The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao 55215 Junot Díaz 27523 6648 4 0 false Wed Sep 16 19:37:51 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 10:03:37 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 19:37:51 -0700 2009
The book flows easy and fast and is written in a colloquial urban spanglish but is also full of dorky references to Lord of the Rings mythology, as well as footnotes explaining the finer points of Dominican history. The plot ranges from Oscar's bad luck with finding girlfriends to his grandfather's bad luck getting arrested and tortured by the Trujillo regime in the 50s. A sad, brutal, sweet, and hilarious book.]]>