Our book club book thi----WAIT, COME BACK! Stop. I'm not going toreview it or anything--you can relax. Our book club book this month is a novel by T.C. Boyle called The Tortilla Curtain. I know, right? I can't think of a title that could get me less excited. Other than maybe More Great Things About Texas and Football. But rather than glare resentfully at this ill-titled selection for the next month, I decided to ask Larry for some insight. You know, to help me get excited about it:
"What is up with this title?"
"I think Tortilla Curtain is a play on The Iron Curtain."
"Ah, see. Now that's why I married you. I missed that. You so smart! Go on ..."
"Well, since The Iron Curtain was the physical and symbolic boundary between the Warsaw Pact countries and the NATO countries after WWII until the end of the Cold War ..."
"The Tortilla Curtain would be--
"I'm guessing it would be symbolic of the ideological separation between the U.S. and Mexico ..."
"Like an Iron Curtain."
"Only flimsier."
"And, let's not forget, tastier."
"Exactly."
"What is up with this title?"
"I think Tortilla Curtain is a play on The Iron Curtain."
"Ah, see. Now that's why I married you. I missed that. You so smart! Go on ..."
"Well, since The Iron Curtain was the physical and symbolic boundary between the Warsaw Pact countries and the NATO countries after WWII until the end of the Cold War ..."
"The Tortilla Curtain would be--
"I'm guessing it would be symbolic of the ideological separation between the U.S. and Mexico ..."
"Like an Iron Curtain."
"Only flimsier."
"And, let's not forget, tastier."
"Exactly."
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