AUGUST BOOK
After a successful trial run on the patio of the Sylvia Hotel last week, we'll try the same for Tuesday, August 4. Our book for August is The Tortilla Curtain ( https://www.amazon.com/Tortilla-Curtain-Penguin-Reading-Guides/dp/014023828X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) by prolific U.S. novelist T. C. Boyle ( wiki link). Join us at 7pm for an entrancing summer evening outside the Sylvia Hotel Lounge as we fend off the dogs days of August with our favorite libations and culinary delights. As always, newcomers and curious passersby are welcome to join in.
T.C. Boyle's tragicomic, award-winning novel about assimilation, immigration, and the price of the American dream
"A masterpiece of contemporary social satire . . . Turning the collective face of Mexican immigration into one ordinary human being, and walking many bruising miles in Candido's cheap shoes, is Mr. Boyle's gift to our collective conscience. But what makes The Tortilla Curtain good reading for any political stripe is that the author neither romanticizes the newcomers nor demonizes those who would pull up the ladder behind them." —The Wall Street Journal
"A masterpiece of contemporary social satire . . . Turning the collective face of Mexican immigration into one ordinary human being, and walking many bruising miles in Candido's cheap shoes, is Mr. Boyle's gift to our collective conscience. But what makes The Tortilla Curtain good reading for any political stripe is that the author neither romanticizes the newcomers nor demonizes those who would pull up the ladder behind them." —The Wall Street Journal
