Junot Díaz @ The Boulder Book Store

JUNOT DÍAZ IS "ONE OF CONTEMPORARY FICTION’S MOST DISTINCTIVE AND IRRESISTIBLE NEW VOICES"

JUNOT DIAZ burst onto the literary scene in 1997 with his collection of short stories Drown (Riverhead, $14.00), and for nearly a decade fans have been eagerly awaiting his next contribution.  The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Riverhead, $24.95) has arrived!  In an unusually favorable review Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times described this stunning first novel as  "…funny, street-smart and keenly observed… an extraordinarily vibrant book that's fueled by adrenaline-powered prose… "

Junot Díaz will speak and sign for The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Riverhead, $24.95) on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 7:30pm at Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO.