The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is both a wonderful title and completely captivating book! I needed to read this for school and did not even know what to expect, though found to my surprise that I really, really enjoyed it. Diaz writes in a completely conversational tone, even as he is giving a harsh political commentary and educating the reader on dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. I loved learning more about something I know so little about, a culture I really don't know anything about, and in such a great writing style.