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Dark Dude

Dark Dude

Oscar Hijuelos

About this book

In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest. In the 1960s, Rico, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for Wisconsin, only to discover violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest. The plot contains profanity and sexual situations.

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OL Work ID
OL19934459W

Subjects

Cuban AmericansLiteratura cubanaSelf-perceptionCuban literatureJuvenile fictionTeenagersCubano-americanosHistoriaFicción juvenilLiteratura cubanoamericanaAutopercepciónAdolescentesSpanish language materialsCuban American literature (Spanish)HistoryChildren's fictionAdolescence, fictionSelf-perception, fiction

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