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THE TORTILLA CURTAIN
by Boyle, T. C.; T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Mint/New
- ISBN 10
- 0670856045
- ISBN 13
- 9780670856046
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A. : The Viking Press, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE TORTILLA CURTAIN is the rich and deeply moving story of the good and not so good, the haves and have-nots. Men and women with brown faces and strong backs who risk everything to cross the Mexican border and invade the American Dream are the Okies of the 1990s. Two of them, Candido and America Rincon, have come to Southern California and are living in a makeshift camp deep in a ravine, fighting off starvation. At the top of Topanga Canyon, 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. And from the moment a freak accident brings Candido and Delaney into intimate contact, the two couples and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding. Told from these characters' shifting viewpoints, THE TORTILLA CURTAIN unfolds a story at once taut and gripping, intimate and transcendent. By the author of THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE, EAST IS EAST, RIVEN ROCK, and WORLD'S END, as well as WITHOUT A HERO, and three other collections of short stories. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 1995. Mint, unread, first edition, first printing, in new, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] BUND
Synopsis
The Tortilla Curtain (1995) is a novel by U.S. author T.C. Boyle about middle-class values, illegal immigration, xenophobia, poverty, and environmental destruction. Of the eleven novels Boyle has written so far, The Tortilla Curtain has turned out to be his most successful.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025003
- Title
- THE TORTILLA CURTAIN
- Author
- Boyle, T. C.; T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Mint
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670856045
- ISBN 13
- 9780670856046
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 368
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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Los Angeles, California
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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