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The Tortilla Curtain

  • 1995 first published
  • 355 pages
  • 23 editions

Published in 1995, The Tortilla Curtain is an angel fiction novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle. The story is set in California and Los Angeles, in the 20th century. Readers will find themes of ethnic relations, illegal aliens, marriage and married people.

29 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 23 editions.

It runs to roughly 355 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Tortilla Curtain

The lives of two different couples--wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Ethnic relations
  • Humor, Fiction
  • Illegal aliens
  • Marriage
  • Married people
  • Mexicans
  • Mystery & detective
  • Los angeles, Calif.
  • California
  • Domestic fiction.sh
  • Family life
  • World literature
  • Fiction subjects
  • Noncitizens
  • Illegal immigration
  • Culture conflict

Quick answers

Who wrote The Tortilla Curtain?

The Tortilla Curtain was written by T. Coraghessan Boyle and first published in 1995.

What genre is The Tortilla Curtain?

It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.

How long is The Tortilla Curtain?

The median edition has 355 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Tortilla Curtain?

Readers who like it often enjoy DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries), Black Betty (Easy Rowlins Mysteries) and A Darkness More Than Night.

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