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tmaltman 's review for:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
Oscar Wao is literature dressed up as a saucy telenovela. The novel features an odd melange of pop culture and nerd-inspired references, wicked footnotes about real life evil dictator Trujillo, a sprinkling of Spanish words and phrases, old and new school homey-speak, curses and blessings (mostly the curse Fuku),the immigrant experience and Dominican Diaspora, and larger-than life characters right down to their hyperbolic nether regions. I'm not sure if it's my slice of pie in the end, but I enjoyed reading it.