Set chiefly in New Jersey with ties to the Dominican Republic, the novel follows Oscar de León — a lonely, pop-culture–obsessed young man — and his family across generations as they live under the shadow of a transatlantic curse linked to historical brutality.
Why it connectsShared: Immigrant Family.
Worth knowingReaders preferring strictly linear, uniformly realistic narratives.











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