The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down, by: Jesse Joshua

Binding: Kindle Edition
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Penguin
Manufacturer: Penguin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: May 03, 2007
Publisher: Penguin

Hank is failing math, so he has to work with Heather Payne, resident class brain, to help get his grades up. At the same time, Hank's school is putting on a production of The King and I. As coincidence would have it, Hank is cast as the King, and Heather as Anna. But when Hank's dad tells him he can only appear in the play if he gets a B on his next math test, Hank knows he has to hit the books. Can Hank pull through in time for the show?

 The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down

The Tortilla Curtain by: T. Coraghessan Boyle

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780140238280
ISBN: 014023828X
Label: Penguin Books
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 355
Publication Date: September 01, 1996

The author of East Is East replays the tragi-comic meeting of representatives from two different cultures with nothing in common. This book calmly grabs hold with an unexpected suspense.

Customer Reviews :

This is by far Boyle's best work yet. He was initially deeply vilified for writing this novel, but as California's political and social climate shifted, and became part of mainstream cognizance the same people who labeled him as 'human garbage' now praise him and this novel for what it suggests about the nature of California's immigration and the vast social connections it makes within the state's culture. By far my favorite novel ever!