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      The Old Gringo

      by Carlos Fuentes
      Published
      Oct 1991
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      199
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      In The Old Gringo, Carlos Fuentes brings the Mexico of 1916 uncannily to life. This novel is wise book, full of toughness and humanity and is without question one of the finest works of modern Latin American fiction.

      One of Fuentes's greatest works, the novel 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.

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      First Edition Jan 1991 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060970635 ISBN10 0060970634
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      Jan 1989 HarperPerennial ISBN13 9780060972585 ISBN10 0060972580
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      Oct 1997 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374525224 ISBN10 0374525226
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      Oct 1985 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374225780 ISBN10 0374225788
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      Dec 1994 Borgo Press ISBN13 9780809591367 ISBN10 0809591367
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      Oct 1997 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606298209 ISBN10 0606298207
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      May 2013 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9781466840140 ISBN10 1466840145
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