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Read by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony Prize®-winning creator and celebrity of the musical Hamilton, and Tony Prize®-winning celebrity, Karen Olivo. This amazing narration gives another layer of lyricism and depth to the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novel. Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously heavy, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives along with his old-world mom 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 desires, because of the Fuku: the curse that has haunted Oscar's family for years, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic damages, and, most importantly, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is merely its most recent victim. Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, making with genuine heat and amazing energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience - and, finally, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A genuine literary triumph, The Quick Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot Diaz as one of the better and most fascinating voices of the time.
