Gringos – Portis, Charles

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ISBN: 0671724576 Title: Gringos Author: Portis, Charles Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York Publication Date: 1991 Edition: First Edition. Second Printing Book Condition: F D-j Condition: VG Comments: D-j has shelf wear. Synopsis: 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.