The New Year starts with Book Club this week, and on tap for discussion is T. C. Boyle's
The Tortilla Curtain. I'm sure there will be plenty of discussion about the hot topic of illegal immigration. Though this book was published sixteen years ago, it doesn't feel dated. Border crossing issues are still complex with no simple solutions. Neither couple in this novel (the privileged white couple, the poor Mexican couple) is happy, although set in direct contrast with each other in alternating chapters it is easy to discredit the concerns of the privileged when they have such plush living quarters and plenty of food. If I edited this book, I would want to see the rich couple more conflicted about their views of immigration issues.
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