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The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Diaz, Junot, 1968-2009
Books, Manuscripts
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 in love. But poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the ancient curse that has haunted his family for generations.
Main title:
Edition:
New pbk. ed.
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2009.
Collation:
335 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Riverhead, 2007; London: Faber, 2008.
ISBN:
9780571239733 (pbk)0571239730 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.5'4GGF
Local class:
FICAFBC
Language:
English
BRN:
576924
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