Yes, the book won a Pulitzer prize.

Yes, I think the author was deserving of it.

No, I did not enjoy it.

Would I recommend it? There is a lot of Spanish in this book, and not your average high school Spanish either. This is Dominican Republic slang Spanish, enough of it that you can sort of pick up the meaning in context, but only sort of. This means that if your Spanish isn’t up to snuff you might find it all freakishly irritating. But, as a plus there are lots of footnotes- and I do like footnotes.