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Tragic and horrifying, and at the same time full of hope, the story of Huascar de Leon, his sister Lola, his mother Belicia, and the fuku that has cursed their family since the reign of the dictator Trujillo. Narrated deftly by Yunior, Oscar's college roommate, with the confident Dominican voice of a natural storyteller. Full of heartbreaking prose and faux-academic footnotes and geeky sf references, and a stunning account of the immigrant experience.
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