{"product_id":"gringos-9781585670932","title":"Gringos","description":"\u003cb\u003eCharles Portis's \u003ci\u003eGringos\u003c\/i\u003e is a truly brilliant, wonderfully bizarre novel by one of our great American novelists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when Jimmy's laid-back lifestyle is seriously imposed upon by a 90-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGringos\u003c\/i\u003e is Portis's subtlest, funniest, and most valuable novel for its depth of inarguable wisdom.\" --Wells Tower, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Portis\u003c\/b\u003e (1933-2020) lived most of his life in Arkansas, where he was born and raised. He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas, which in 2018 awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, was the London bureau chief of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and was a writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of four other novels, also available from the Overlook Press: \u003ci\u003eNorwood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dog of the South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMasters of Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGringos\u003c\/i\u003e. A selection of his writing has been collected in \u003ci\u003eEscape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50889245720850,"sku":"9781585670932","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_030fe55f-7b08-4c1e-b7c6-3eeab8044cda.jpg?v=1738161229","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gringos-9781585670932","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}