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"  ...when you need a literary fiction fix:  THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot D\u00EDaz (Riverhead Books) TO SUM UP: A pudgy Dominican-American boy searches for love, tries to avoid a curse. WHY IT&amp;#039;S A MUST-READ: There&amp;#039;s a reason we&amp;#039;ve been clamoring for the short-story writer&amp;#039;s first novel, and he delivers: It&amp;#039;s lyrically written, narratively enthralling, ridiculously good.  Click here to purchase The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.  ...for another angle on the immigration debate:  BROTHER, I&amp;#039;M DYING by Edwidge Danticat (Knopf)  TO SUM UP: This heartrending family memoir bounces between Port-au-Prince and Brooklyn, two inhospitable and glorious worlds. DANTICAT&amp;#039;S CHOPS: The Haitian-American novelist was a National Book Award finalist\u2014and the darling of Afro-Caribbean lit profs everywhere.  Click here to purchase Brother, I&amp;#039;m Dying by Edwidge Danticat.  ...if you root for Ugly Betty to find love:  THE FLAWLESS SKIN OF UGLY PEOPLE by Doug Crandell (Virgin Books)  TO SUM UP: A pimply bank teller searches for his wife after she escapes to a weight-loss clinic.  WHY YOU&amp;#039;LL LIKE IT: If a Jenny Craig ad and a Proactiv infomercial had an affair, it would look like this: embarrassing but sweet.  Click here to purchase The Flawless Skin of Ugly People by Doug Crandell.  ...so you can be a smarty-pants at the cocktail party:  THE PEDANT&amp;#039;S RETURN: WHY THE THINGS YOU THINK ARE WRONG ARE RIGHT by Andrea Barham (Bantam)  TO SUM UP: A compilation of 103 trivial myths that are actually true. WHY YOU SHOULD READ IT: So you can flaunt your arcane knowledge all over the joint. Did you know that Charlie Chaplin failed to qualify in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest? We did. Click here to purchase Pedant&amp;#039;s Return: Why the Things You Think Are Wrong Are Right by Andrea Barham. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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