The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Truly a book for the 21st century. Junot Diaz writes history, diasphora, post-colonial life in America, science fiction nerds, love and violence like the world is on fire (which it is) I recently read a quote about how the sign of genius is being able to hold two completely opposing idea in one's head without going mad and that is what Diaz is able to do in this story of Oscar Wao, the world's biggest Dominican nerd who just wants to be a writer and be in love. He writes of love, sex and all those glorious things that make up life on earth, while incorporating layers of history, politics and seriously ripe dirty language. Yeah!