http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/dark-dude-by-oscar-hijuelos/ Young adult fiction news and reviews Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:16:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/dark-dude-by-oscar-hijuelos/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 Caroline Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:42:33 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=221#comment-1002 I can't wait until I read Huck Finn in school this year so I can read this book! It sounds great! I can’t wait until I read Huck Finn in school this year so I can read this book! It sounds great!

]]> http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/dark-dude-by-oscar-hijuelos/comment-page-1/#comment-991 brina Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:22:18 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=221#comment-991 CN, considering it's a novel, I'm sure there are details that don't match up with Hijuelos's life. But yes, he is Cuban and American and a New Yorker; I would be curious as to how you could say it's completely autobiographical unless you know him yourself, though. ... And unless you've read the book. :) CN, considering it’s a novel, I’m sure there are details that don’t match up with Hijuelos’s life. But yes, he is Cuban and American and a New Yorker; I would be curious as to how you could say it’s completely autobiographical unless you know him yourself, though. … And unless you’ve read the book.

]]> http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/dark-dude-by-oscar-hijuelos/comment-page-1/#comment-987 CN Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:59:36 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=221#comment-987 It's completely autobiographical, at least based on the details you mentioned. It’s completely autobiographical, at least based on the details you mentioned.

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