The Tortilla Curtain

by T.C. Boyle

Excellent Book

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

Published January 1, 2010

About the author

T. Coraghessan Boyle

Reviews

[Tina Susak]

Brutal.

[Judy Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good but idk if I enjoyed it…. Like grapes of wrath. The story needs to be told and the twist at the end redeemed the book.

[Georg Ludwig]

made me sad :/

[Laura Curvin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Telecom technology (pay phones, cordless phones, giant car phones!), the always reliable marker of a story's era, is the only element that prevents us from assuming this novel isn't set in 2025. I'm not sure I needed more reasons to feel rage towards my own race -- and even political leanings -- but TC Boyle expertly skewers all of us, hypocritical liberals in particular, in the context of immigration, brown people, unhoused people and humanity. Incredible writing. Thoroughly gripping.

[Heather Bivona]

Good story about illegal immigration

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two friends from book club urged me to read it and I may never forgive them. It is extremely depressing.

[Tabea Ludwig]

I read „América“ actually, but wanted a Boyle book for my statistics

[Lauren Strick · Rating 4 out of 5]

An absolutely scathing, satirical commentary about immigration and xenophobia. Once again, T.C. Boyle’s writing had me enraptured from beginning to end.