The Old Gringo

By (author): "Carlos Fuentes"
Genres:Fiction books  Historical Fiction books  Novels books  Latin American books  Spanish Literature books  
Publish Date: September 1985
The Old Gringo
ISBN0374525226
ISBN139780374525224
AsinThe Old Gringo
CharactersAmbrose Bierce, Tomás Arroyo
Original titleGringo viejo
The celebrated American writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce mysteriously disapeared in Mexico during its civil war. In this brilliant novel, Carlos Fuentes imagines the fate of Bierce among Pancho Villa's troops and dramatizes the conflict of North America's two cultures locked in deadly embrace.