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Gringos

novel by Portis

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  • In Charles Portis

    …Mexico, animates the plot of Gringos (1991), which, like much of Portis’s work, is populated with an assortment of itinerant misfits. Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany (2012) contains various writings, including essays and short fiction. Throughout his oeuvre, Portis portrayed the restless pursuit of belief or adventure as emblematic…

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