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Gringos

By: Charles Portis
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
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Summary

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.

©1991 Charles Portis (P)2022 Recorded Books Action & Adventure Literature & Fiction Satire Comedy Mexico Latin America
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Charles Portis is best known for True Grit which is a wonderful book but this novel shows why he is increasingly recognized as a master of comic writing as he perfectly captures the lives of expatriates living in Mexico.

Narration is particularly well done.

I will be sure to experience all Portis's works on Audible - even his essays and articles.

An absolute revelation!

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This is the first book I’ve read from this author.
I enjoyed it.
He certainly knows how to develop a character.
Good read, do it

Annoyingly good

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