Junot Diaz returns to writing about his character Yunior from
Drown and
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. This time his themes are machismo, the legacy of racial/colonial violence and the possibility of finding what he calls "
decolonial love." Because this is Junot Diaz, though, the delightful writing manages to carry all this heavy stuff lightly. This story collection is quieter than
Oscar Wao and a little more unified than
Drown - but, like
Drown, has an amazing final story that seems to sum up the rest of the book while going beyond.