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The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain | T. C. Boyle
When Delaney Mossbacher knocks down a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes his victim to hospital. Instead the man accepts $20 and limps back to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife, leaving Delaney to return to his privileged life in California. But these two men are fated against each other, as Delaney attempts to clear the land of the illegal immigrants who he thinks are turning his state park into a ghetto, and a boiling pot of racism and prejudice threatens to spill over.
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cpellee
The Tortilla Curtain | T. Coraghessan Boyle
Mehso-so

4/5

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valeriegeary
The Tortilla Curtain | T. Coraghessan Boyle
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According to Wikipedia, T. C. Boyle has published 16 novels. I sat at his table once during a publishing event where he was the guest speaker. This is the first time I've ever read anything he's written. #newtoyouauthor #booked2019 #mmdchallenge

@4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Suet624 Are you liking it? 5y
valeriegeary @Suet624 I can't tell. 🤣 None of the characters are very sympathetic, they're all kind of terrible, unlucky people and it's just a series of miscommunications and bad decisions leading to one awful reckoning. So..... 🤷 It's interesting anyway. 5y
Suet624 The Feb 11th New Yorker has one of his stories in it. I‘ll check it out to see if I like his style. 5y
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Palieblake
The Tortilla Curtain | T. C. Boyle
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One of my absolute favorites. The imagery and emotion evoked is phenomenal. Love the characters and the plot (which revolves around poverty, illegal immigration, etc).

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puffinmuffin
The Tortilla Curtain | T. Coraghessan Boyle
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New year, new chance! This year (trying again) I will be reading 1 book a week, starting today! I would love to chat with anyone and everyone about literature! Recommendations welcome!!!

2019 starts with The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle (a recommendation from my mom!). Come join me in a healthy, happy, book-filled 2019!!

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bookandbedandtea
The Tortilla Curtain | T. C. Boyle
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Thrift store book haul tonight. 😊

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DreesReads
The Tortilla Curtain | T. C. Boyle
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Great piece by TC Boyle in The New Yorker. I found this on Facebook, I don‘t know how to find a web address to cut/paste on my phone.

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andrew61
The Tortilla Curtain | T. C. Boyle
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#mexicanormexicanamericanwriters #maybookflowers
I can't think of any Mexican writers immediately but this book humanised the Mexican immigrants plight.

rockpools That's the one! I was wracking my brains trying to remember the title or author of this of earlier. Have you read any of his others? 7y
andrew61 No but i picked it up after hearing a very good short story on the new yorker podcast- his other books look intriguing, and there is a radio 4 bookclub programme where he discusses this book that is available on their website. 7y
MrsMalaprop I read this book years ago. It was excellent 👍. 7y
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Aleida
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I love it when I find an old book and it turns out to be so important.

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CathySoberon
The Tortilla Curtain | T. C. Boyle
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