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Gringos - by Charles Portis (Paperback)

Gringos - by  Charles Portis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Jimmy Burns is living the expatriate life in Mexico, but his laid-back lifestyle is imposed upon by a 90-pound stalker called Louise, a sudden wave of "hippies" led by a murderous ex-con guru, and a group of archeologists illegally unearthing Mayan tombs.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Charles Portis's fourth novel--a truly brilliant, wonderfully bizarre novel by one of our great American novelists.</b> <p/> Jimmy Burns is an expatriate American living in Mexico who has an uncommonly astute eye for the absurd little details that comprise your average American. For a time, Jimmy spent his days unearthing pre-Colombian artifacts. Now he makes a living doing small trucking jobs and helping out with the occasional missing person situation--whatever it takes to remain "the very picture of an American idler in Mexico, right down to the grass-green golfing trousers." But when Jimmy's laid-back lifestyle is seriously imposed upon by a ninety-pound stalker called Louise, a sudden wave of "hippies" (led by a murderous ex-con guru) in search of psychic happenings, and a group of archaeologists who are unearthing (illegally) Mayan tombs, his simple South-of-the-Border existence faces a clear and present danger.

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