T. Coraghessan Boyle - The Tortilla Curtain

Written by T. Coraghessan Boyle. Themes include Literature & Fiction, Humor & Satire, Literary.

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 illegals Cándido and América Rincón desperately cling to their vision fo 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 wolrds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding.

Format: Paperback

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