The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

A SUNDAY TIMES  AND THE NEW YOURK TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back.

'The Best Novel of the 21st Century to Date' - BBC Culture.

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2008), Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2008), Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2008), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2007), Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction (2008), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2007), Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2008), The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books (2008), The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (2007), Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2009)