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Book Review of The Tortilla Curtain

The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain
Author: T. C. Boyle
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


I found the book entertaining but mostly a tale of stupidity and unrealistic at times. Rich white yuppies and an illegal immigrant who comes to the U.S. with some poor 17 year old pregnant girl. She was the only character in book I felt sympathy for. The author should note that police do not ever fire warning shots, state police do not arrest illegal immigrants (this is the crux of the controversial new law in Arizona). The poor immigrant couple in reality would never had to live in the bushes and medicare care has always been available. Medical personnel do not turn them in. The immigrant man does one dumb thing after another getting him and the poor girl in more trouble. The wealthy yuppies were the most entertaining part of the book. The ending was dumb.