gringos
Author(s): charles portis
With an uncommonly astute eye for the absurd details that comprise your average American, Charles Portis brings to life Jimmy Burns, an expatriate American living in Mexico. For a time, Jimmy spent his days unearthing pre-Columbian 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 Jimmy's laid-back lifestyle is being seriously imposed upon by a ninety-pound stalker named Louise, whose particular fascination with Jimmy is a mystery to him. Add to this a sudden wave of hippies led by a murderous ex-con guru in search of psychic happenings, archaeologists unearthing (illegally) the Mayan tombs, and Louise and her weirdo husband's quest for UFO landing sites, and Jimmy's simple south-of-the-border existence is facing clear and present danger.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- : 0.312979
- : 30 April 2000
- : 1 Inches X 5.35 Inches X 8 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : charles portis
- : Paperback / softback
- : English
- : 813.54
- : 320