description: Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacker lead an ordered sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop he is a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Mexican illegals Candido and America Rincon desperately cling to their vision of the American Dream as they fight off starvation in a makeshift camp deep in the ravine. These four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding.
language: English
title: The Tortilla Curtain
titlecomplete: The Tortilla Curtain
characters: Delany Mossbacher, Candido Rincon, America Rincon
genres: Audiobook, American, Book Club, Literary Fiction, School, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 31904
places: Los Angeles, California, California
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Audie Award
category: Narration by the Author or Authors, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Prix Médicis Etranger
publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.