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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 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. 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.
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The Tortilla Curtain, T. C. Boyle
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- The Tortilla Curtain
- Language
- English
- Authors
- T. C. Boyle
- Publisher
- Petersen
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 3883891134
- ISBN13
- 9783883891132
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, USA, School, Society, Social Critique, America, Race, Racism, Poverty, California, Mexico, Los Angeles, Immigration, Immigrants
- Original title
- The tortilla curtain
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- 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 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. 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.