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Gringos is a 1991 book by Charles Portis and the author's fifth novel. It follows Jimmy Burns, an expatriate American, who during his adventures in Mexico encounters a female stalker, tomb-robbing archaeologists, UFO hunters, and a group of hippies.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews wrote: "The double-talk of the cultists is expertly filtered through Portis's lean and muscular prose, and the plot's as tight as a blood-swollen tick. All in all, totally boss fiction." Robert Houston of The New York Times called it an "engine of pure delight" and wrote: "If Gringos stops to explore one slough too many from time to time, or to chase a folly farther afield than it really ought to, or to take one more elaborate stitch in the thin cloth of the plot than the fabric can stand, forgive it." Philip Herter of the St. Petersburg Times called it a "primitive book in the worst ways" and wrote that it offers "no thrills, no ideas and barely enough style to get you out of the gate."

References

1. Blount, Roy Jr. (6 January 1991). "Portis in a Storm : GRINGOS By Charles Portis (Simon & Schuster: $18.95; 237 pp.)" – via LA Times.
2. "GRINGOS". Kirkus Reviews. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
3. Houston, Robert (20 January 1991). "Weirdos in a Strange Land". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
4. Herter, Philip (20 January 1991). "Macho mush in Mexico Series". St. Petersburg Times. ProQuest 262799581. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

External links

• Unofficial Charles Portis website

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