Oscar is a sweet but overweight sci-fi obsessed introvert who-from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister-dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú-a curse that has haunted Oscar´s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from New Jersey to Washington Heights and back to Santo Domingo. Encapsulating Dominican American history, Oscar´s story opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere-and risk it all- in the name of love.
