T C Boyle- The Tortilla Curtain -Signed PB Unread

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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Binding
Paperback
Product Group
Book
Signed By
T C Boyle
Signed
Yes
Book Series
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Fiction
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults
Inscribed
No
Weight
0 lbs
IsTextBook
No
Vintage
No
Type
Novel
Personalized
No
Features
Signed
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9780140238280
Category

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
014023828X
ISBN-13
9780140238280
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038260456

Product Key Features

Book Title
Tortilla Curtain
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
Urban, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General, Humorous / General
Genre
Fiction
Author
T.C. Boyle
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
95-001970
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"A compelling story of myopic misunderstanding and mutual tragedy." -- Chicago Tribune "Succeeds in stealing the front page news and bringing it home to the great American tradition of the social novel . . . A book to appreciate as we peer at the faces of strangers outside our windows, and wall ourselves in." -- The Boston Globe "Lays on the line of our national cult of hypocrisy. Comically and painfully he details the smug wastefulness of the haves and the vile misery of the have-nots." --Barbara Kingsolver, The Nation, "A compelling story of myopic misunderstanding and mutual tragedy." -- Chicago Tribune "Succeeds in stealing the front page news and bringing it home to the great American tradition of the social novel . . . A book to appreciate as we peer at the faces of strangers outside our windows, and wall ourselves in." -- The Boston Globe  "Lays on the line of our national cult of hypocrisy. Comically and painfully he details the smug wastefulness of the haves and the vile misery of the have-nots." --Barbara Kingsolver, The Nation
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Synopsis
T.C. Boyle's tragicomic, award-winning novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream "A masterpiece of contemporary social satire . . . Turning the collective face of Mexican immigration into one ordinary human being, and walking many bruising miles in Candido's cheap shoes, is Mr. Boyle's gift to our collective conscience. But what makes The Tortilla Curtain good reading for any political stripe is that the author neither romanticizes the newcomers nor demonizes those who would pull up the ladder behind them." --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 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. 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., T.C. Boyle's "irresistible" ( Entertainment Weekly) classic bestseller, a tragicomic novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream "A masterpiece of contemporary social satire." --The Wall Street Journal WINNER OF THE PRIX MÉDICIS ÉTRANGER 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. Undocumented immigrants Cándido and América Rincón 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 Cándido and Delaney into intimate contact, these four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a dramatic comedy of error and prejudice.
LC Classification Number
PS3552.0932T67 1995

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    Very pleased with this purchase. Well packaged. But, had to pay an extra £45 import tax to Germany! The book was shipped from the USA! How does that work then?