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When Delaney Mossbacher runs over a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes the man to hospital. He leaves him $20 before returning to his privileged life in California while the Mexican staggers home to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife.
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- Title
- The Tortilla Curtain
- Language
- English
- Authors
- T. C. Boyle
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Released
- 1997
- ISBN10
- 0747525722
- ISBN13
- 9780747525721
- 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
- When Delaney Mossbacher runs over a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes the man to hospital. He leaves him $20 before returning to his privileged life in California while the Mexican staggers home to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife.