Fifty best summer reads

The Independent came up with a list of the 50 best summer reads.

One novel on the list:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

The writing of Junot Diaz contains a mixture of high and low culture familiar to anyone who reads the work of his American contemporaries – Michael Chabon, Dave Eggers, Jonathan Lethem. But Diaz’s work has the added element of dealing with the immigrant experience. This, his first full-length novel, is the vibrant tale of Oscar Wao, an overweight Dominican boy from New Jersey, and his family’s troubled Caribbean history.

Read about another book on the list.

The Page 99 Test: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

--Marshal Zeringue