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The Tortilla Curtain
by Boyle, T. Coraghessan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670856045
- ISBN 13
- 9780670856046
- Seller
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WOODSTOCK, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Books, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. F/F Signed by author on titlepage. book in fine cond. w/ yellow boards, orange cloth and gilt lettering on spine, very slight wear on spine. DJ in excellent condition w/ slight wear on corners. A gripping and intimate story of the relationship between two couples from very different backgrounds.
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
- BIAbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000196
- Title
- The Tortilla Curtain
- Author
- Boyle, T. Coraghessan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670856045
- ISBN 13
- 9780670856046
- Publisher
- Viking Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION MEXICAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LOS ANGLES
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- Fine
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