The Tortilla Curtain

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The Tortilla Curtain

By: T. C. Boyle

Narrated by: T. C. Boyle

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Summary

Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacker lead an ordered, sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: He is 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 Delany into intimate contact, these four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding.

Winner of the Prix Medicis Etranger and now a major motion picture.

T. C. BoyleT. C. BoyleBlackstone Audio, Inc.

Genre Fiction

Literary Fiction

Literature & Fiction

Urban

Fiction

Comedy

Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban Fiction Comedy

Critic reviews

Winner of Audio Publishers Association 2007 Audie Award, Narration by the Author or Authors

"A compelling story of myopic misunderstanding and mutual tragedy." ( Chicago Tribune)

"This highly engaging story subtly plays on our consciences, forcing us to form, confirm, or dispute social, political, and moral viewpoints....Boyle manages to address these issues in a nonjudgmental fashion, depicting the vast inequity in [the characters'] parallel existences. This is a profound and tragic tale." ( Booklist)

“This novel examines America's guerrilla war between the haves and have-nots with a zing unequalled since The Bonfire of the Vanities.” ( The Observer)

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This is not an easy listen, although enthralling. The story of a clash of cultures, hopes and disappointments and racial tension… I was totally gripped by the entwining stories, however it ends abruptly halfway through the story with no resolution - which is incredibly frustrating!! I had to double check there wasn’t a final chapter missing!