The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz. New York: Riverhead Books, 2007.

This Junot novel won a Pulitzer Prize while his follow up book - How You Lose Her - was a Time and People Top 10 Book of 2012, Finalist for the 2012 Story Prize, Chosen as a notable or best book of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The LA Times, Newsday, Barnes & Noble, Amazon and called "Electrifying" by the New York Times Book Review.