Gringos

The Portis revival roars on with a brilliantly wry novel featuring Jimmy Burns, an expatriate who just wants to be left alone. Jimmy Burns is an 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… (more)

The Portis revival roars on with a brilliantly wry novel featuring Jimmy Burns, an expatriate who just wants to be left alone. Jimmy Burns is an 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 Jimmy's laid back lifestyle is being seriously imposed upon by a ninety-pound stalker called 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 a clear and present danger.