The Tortilla Curtain

The Tortilla Curtain - Paperback

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The Tortilla Curtain

The Tortilla Curtain - Paperback

$18.00
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by T. C. Boyle (Author)

T.C. Boyle's "irresistible" (Entertainment Weekly) classic bestseller, a tragicomic novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream

"A masterpiece of contemporary social satire." --The Wall Street Journal

WINNER OF THE PRIX MÉDICIS ÉTRANGER

Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher lead an ordered sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: he a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Undocumented immigrants Cándido and América Rincón desperately cling to their vision of the American Dream as they fight off starvation in a makeshift camp deep in the ravine. And from the moment a freak accident brings Cándido and Delaney into intimate contact, these four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a dramatic comedy of error and prejudice.

Author Biography

T. C. Boyle is a novelist and regular contributor to The New Yorker. His novels include World's End and The Tortilla Curtain, and he has also published numerous collections of short stories. A Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Southern California, he lives in Santa Barbara.

Number of Pages: 368
Dimensions: 0.72 x 7.78 x 5.07 IN
Publication Date: September 01, 1996
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Tortilla Curtain
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 7.1
Point Value: 22
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