{"product_id":"the-old-gringo-a-novel","title":"The Old Gringo : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsed good with some aging. No highlighting or underlining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of Carlos Fuentes's greatest works, The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarlos Fuentes is Mexico's most distinguished novelist and one of the leading analysts of contemporary Latin American politics. He received Mexico's highest literary award, the National Prize in Literature, in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOOM Literature","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43895228104767,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/9456\/6207\/files\/IMG_9103.jpg?v=1790707488","url":"https:\/\/boomliterature.com\/products\/the-old-gringo-a-novel","provider":"BOOM Literature","version":"1.0","type":"link"}