| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file rda |
| Summary |
T.C. Boyle's tragicomic, award-winning novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream "A masterpiece of contemporary social satire." ́ђؤThe Wall Street Journal Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher lead an ordered sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: he a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Mexican immigrants 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. And from the moment a freak accident brings Candido and Delaney into intimate contact, these four and their opposing worlds gradually intersect in what becomes a tragicomedy of error and misunderstanding. |
| Audience |
Text Difficulty 6 |
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UG/Upper grades (9th-12) |
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1210 Lexile. |
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7.1 ATOS Level |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin Books, 1996. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1422 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
| Subject |
Fiction.
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Humor (Fiction).
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Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780140238280 |
| ISBN |
9781101042601 (electronic bk) |
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