Amazon.Com reviewer Brad Thomas Parsons: "The titular Oscar Wao is a 300-pound-plus "lovesick ghetto nerd" with zero game (except for Dungeons & Dragons) who cranks out pages of fantasy fiction with the hopes of becoming a Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien.

"The book is also the story of a multi-generational family curse that courses through the book, leaving troubles and tragedy in its wake.

" ... dynamic, entertaining, achingly heartfelt. The rope-a-dope narrative is funny, hip, tragic, soulful, and bursting with desire."

Side note: Pulitzer Prize-winning book in 2007.