{"product_id":"gringos","title":"Gringos","description":"\u003cb\u003eA truly brilliant, wonderfully bizarre novel by one of our great American novelists, the author of the perennial bestseller\u003ci\u003e True Grit \u003c\/i\u003e\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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","brand":"Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48123965243581,"sku":"BS-TC0-670932","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781585670932-HD.jpg?v=1787093214","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/gringos","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}