The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Review: Junot Diaz's Dominican-American Novel On Stage by Jonathan Mandell

Oscar, a fat freshman in thick bifocals meeting his college roommate for the first time, greets him with what sounds like an insult: "Hail, dog of God!" His new roommate, the street-smart Yunior, responds in kind: "Your mother what?" But then Oscar explains: "God: Domini. Dog: Canis. Hail, dominicanis!" Both teenagers are dominicanis " immigrants...

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