"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" is a book written in several languages.  Most of the book is written in plain English.  Some of it in Spanish. Some of it in Footnotes. And some in an obscure dialect spoken only by a people who huddle together in dank rooms called "comic book shops" and on obscure internet chat boards. While I only know a few words of Spanish and couldn't follow along, I speak fluent geek and could understand every word of Oscar Wao's inane babble.