The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Diaz

paperback in great condition, no rips, tears, etc. But it does have notes from a previous reader - highlighted sentences and pencilled notes in the margin. Some people love that. If you don't, then don't buy this copy. 

Oscar is a nerdy kid living in New Jersey with his Dominican American family. He's hopelessly overweight, keeps falling in love and dreams of becoming the next Tolkien. Moving across generations and continents, from the Dominican Republic to suburban America this is the story of Oscar, his family and their search for love and belonging. 

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2008