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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 498 Ratings and 498 Reviews

Book Description
Amazon Best of the Month, September 2007: It's been 11 years since Junot D�az's critically acclaimed story collection, Drown, landed on bookshelves and from page one of his debut novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, any worries of a sophomore jinx disappear. The titular Oscar is a 300-pound-plus "lovesick ghetto nerd" with zero game (except for Dungeons & Dragons) who cranks out pag... More
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingAudio CD (28 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-10B0025VL8XA
Publication Date09/06/2007
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About Junot Diaz (Author) : Junot Diaz is a published author. Some of the published credits of Junot Diaz include The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Unabridged).
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2/19/2009 Joel Bruns said: Fantastic so far. I was never a student of Spanish, so some of the phrases are lost on me, but a wonderful book nonetheless.
tags: I'm reading

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6/22/2007 Gina Marysol Ruiz said: http://ginasblogging.blogspot.com/2007/08/brief-and-wonderous-life-of-oscar-wao.html

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