{"product_id":"the-tortilla-curtain-t-c-boyle-9781526608871","title":"The Tortilla Curtain (T. C. Boyle)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Prix Médicis Étranger; 'examines America's guerilla war between the haves and have-notes with a zing unequalled since \u003ci\u003eThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e'(\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Delaney Mossbacher knocks down a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes his victim to hospital. Instead the man accepts $20 and limps back to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife, leaving Delaney to return to his privileged life in California. But these two men are fated against each other, as Delaney attempts to clear the land of the illegal immigrants who he thinks are turning his state park into a ghetto, and a boiling pot of racism and prejudice threatens to spill over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eT. C. Boyle is the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of ten collections of stories and fourteen novels, most recently, \u003ci\u003eSan Miguel, \u003c\/i\u003efollowed by the second volume of his collected stories, \u003ci\u003eT. C. Boyle Stories II\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and won a PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in California.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65921707770205,"sku":"K073416535","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7341653500001A.jpg?v=1789409935","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-tortilla-curtain-t-c-boyle-9781526608871","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}