I was shocked and delighted to find that The Tortilla Curtain had been selected as one of this year's 5 finalists for the One Book - One Lincoln read. I remember also being shocked 3 years ago, when I read the book for the first time, to note that it in fact had been published in 1995. I found in 2007 that it seemed surprisingly topical, and think it may be even more so now in 2010. And though the political and social issues that drive the narrative of Boyle's novel are relevant and well thought-out, the characters take on a giddy realism that springs almost painfully from the page. I found myself positively aching with Cándido's absolute and oh-so-familiar obsession with the care of his family. Woven together with Dickensian coincidence, T.C. Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain is a brave and brilliantly crafted choice for this year's top 5.
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I was shocked and delighted to find that The Tortilla Curtain had been selected as one of this year's 5 finalists for the One Book - One Lincoln read. I remember also being shocked 3 years ago, when I read the book for the first time, to note that it in fact had been published in 1995. I found in 2007 that it seemed surprisingly topical, and think it may be even more so now in 2010. And though the political and social issues that drive the narrative of Boyle's novel are relevant and well thought-out, the characters take on a giddy realism that springs almost painfully from the page. I found myself positively aching with Cándido's absolute and oh-so-familiar obsession with the care of his family. Woven together with Dickensian coincidence, T.C. Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain is a brave and brilliantly crafted choice for this year's top 5.
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