“I found myself exclaiming, “This won the Pulitzer Prize a few years ago!” – and I was heartened to see that the phrase made a difference. The best thing to say about the book, though, was, “It’s about a fat nerd and there’s lots of Spanish slang.” People loved that.”
- Our own Edan Lepucki, on giving away Junot Diaz’s novel for World Book Night.
Source: themillions.com
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Loved this book; it was the main catalyst for me becoming a Spanish minor in college.
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