We 're an immigrant family . Dominican author Junot Diaz took the literary world by storm with his story about a `` ghetto nerd '' The character Yunior narrates the inner dialogue of Diaz 's books . In this new novel, we follow the life and times of Yunior, an aspiring writer who is forced to leave home at age 16 after being caught in a gang war.
Dominican author Junot Diaz took the literary world by storm with his story about a `` ghetto nerd '' The character Yunior narrates the inner dialogue of Diaz 's books . In this new novel, we follow the life and times of Yunior, an aspiring writer who is forced to leave home at age 16 after being caught in a gang war.