The Book Club at Wolverine Farm, November " The Tortilla Curtain" by T.C. Boyle

Our book for November, "The Tortilla Curtain", by T.C. Boyle is something I came across on a list of Books I Can't Stop Thinking About After I've Read Them I found somewhere on the internet compiled by a variety of people, strangers and some I'd heard of - sort of a random group, and their list was very interesting. So much on it I'd never heard of - and I think I pay attention! I was able to get this at the library and I, also, couldn't stop thinking about it after I finished it. I think it will give the group a lot to talk about as it's as relevant today as it was when it was written in 1996!

Here's a short synopsis,

"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."

I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!