The Tortilla Curtain (Bloomsbury Classic Reads) (Penguin Ink)

by T.C. Boyle

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T.C. Boyle’s tragicomic, award-winning novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream
 
“A masterpiece of contemporary social satire.” —The Wall Street Journal

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. Mexican immigrants Candido and America Rincon 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 Candido and Delaney into intimate contact, these four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding.
  • ISBN10 014023828X
  • ISBN13 9780140238280
  • Publish Date 1 September 1996 (first published 26 October 1995)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 30 January 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Penguin Putnam Inc