April 2010 Book:The Quarry

The Quarry
Damon Galgut
From the publisher:
On a lonely stretch of road a man picks up a hitchhiker. The driver is a minister on his way to a new congregation in an isolated village and the passenger is a nameless fugitive from justice. When the minister realizes this and confronts his passenger as they are overlooking an empty quarry, the fugitive kills him and assumes his vestments and identity…”

March 2010 Book : The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Woa

Junot Doaz

From the publisher:

Tells the story of Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the fuku - the ancient curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents and ill-starred romance. Oscar, still dreaming of his first kiss, is only its most recent victim - until the fateful summer that he decides to be it last.