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Laurence Viallet

    Teacher Man
    The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
    • The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back.'The Best Novel of the 21st Century to Date' - BBC Culture.

      The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao2010
      3.9
    • Teacher Man

      • 258 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City...

      Teacher Man2006
      3.8