With startling wisdom and humor
why most of the world’s calories come from just a few foodstuffs
When her new husband joins an elite Army unit
while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick
he’s one of the best jumpers in the kingdom
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao By Junot Díaz Material:Hard Cover With startling wisdom and humorThings have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukthe curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic