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The Tortilla Curtain

The Tortilla Curtain( )
Author: Boyle, T. C.
Illustrator: M.M., Gonzalo
ISBN:978-0-14-311907-4
Publication Date:Feb 2011
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Penguin Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.00
Book Description:

A freak accident causes two couples-a pair of Los Angeles liberals and Mexican illegal's-and their opposing worlds to collide in a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding.

Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.11 x 7.74 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.77 Pounds
Author Biography
Boyle, T. C. (Author)
T. C. Boyle was born Thomas John Boyle in Peekskill, New York on December 2, 1948. He received a B.A. in English and history from SUNY Potsdam in 1968, a MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974, and a Ph.D. degree in nineteenth century British literature from the University of Iowa in 1977. He has been a member of the English department at the University of Southern California since 1978.

He has written over 20 books including After the Plague, Drop City, The Inner Circle, Tooth and Claw, The Human Fly, Talk Talk, The Women, Wild Child, and When the Killing's Done. He has received numerous awards including the PEN/Faulkner Award for best novel of the year for World's End; the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story for T. C. Boyle Stories; and the Prix Médicis Étranger for best foreign novel in France for The Tortilla Curtain. His title's Sam Miguel and The Harder They Caome made The New York Times Best Seller List.

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